issue 05 // volume 41 life & style // 11

Conventional versus organic food

» What a group of MacEwan University students leaned in Ecuador

Anna McMillan,
The Griff (CUP)

ast spring, a group of

MacEwan University
students went to Ecuador in
pursuit of studying organic
food patterns at a grassroots
level.

Lucille Mazo, chair and
instructor in the bachelor
of communication studies
program at MacEwan
University, has been
orchestrating the research
project and travelling to Quito,
Ecuador with her students for
the past three years.

Professional
communications major, Jason
Bradshaw, explained the
purpose of the group’s research
was to take an in-depth look at
the perceived advantages and
disadvantages of both organic
and conventional agriculture.

In order to gather valuable

: data on this particular subject,

: Bradshaw said the research

: team used a qualitative method
: and interviewed consumers,

: distributors and producers of

: organic food in both Edmonton : farming methods.
: and Ecuador. :

Nations around the world

have different organic farming
: guidelines. Bradshaw noted

: that in Ecuador people “are

: really proud of their organic

: practices when it comes to
farms.”

In an unfortunate contrast,

Bradshaw explained that the

> organic regulations followed

: in Canada “are just really loose
: guidelines,” meaning certified
: organic goods produced in

: Canada are typically not
exclusively organic.

“Only a certain percentage

: of organic input needs to be
: reached and then farmers can
: use totally conventional means

 

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: to do the rest of the work,”

: explained Bradshaw.

: In North America, a widely
: held belief exists that organic

: food is healthier than food

: produced from conventional

: “Organic farming—sure

: it does have its benefits—but
: at the same time, I found that
: there’s no conclusive evidence
: that conventional farming is

: harmful to the human body,’

: Bradshaw said.

While conventional

: farming practices can be
harmful to the environment,

: Bradshaw emphasized the

: importance of weighing

: the pros and cons of both

: conventional and organic

: farming methods when

: deciding what to purchase at
: the grocery store.

“T think it really all comes
: down to what people want,”

: Bradshaw said.

Bradshaw notes “organic

: food is not as natural as people
: might think”; some individuals
: may choose to pay a few extra

: dollars for fruits and vegetables :
: that may or may not be

: superior for the human body.

: Others may forgo this decision
: and purchase items produced

: from conventional farming

: techniques.

“In South America, people

aren't really concerned about
: organic food. They’re just
concerned with getting food,”
: Bradshaw said. “There’s a lot
of people in the world who

: are starving, so why are we so
: concerned about getting our

: organic goods when there’s a
: whole other issue of food in the :
world?”

Through demonstrating

: his belief that First World

: nations’ food priorities are in
: astate of disarray, Bradshaw
: explained that compared to

: organic farming methods,

: “conventional farming is

: avastly superior means to

: feeding the world’s population.”

Bradshaw says he is not

: entirely an “advocate for

: organics and whole-style

: living,’ but instead “an advocate
: for equality and equity.”

He thinks producing

organic food shouldn't be

: peoples’ main priority. “It

: should be feeding these

: other nations that can’t feed
themselves.”

Continuing research

on organics to get an

: understanding of organic food

: certifications across the globe is
one of Bradshaw’s goals.

Plans are in motion for

: Bradshaw and Mazo to present
: and expand upon the group’s

: research in Greece. He also has
: goals to arrange a research trip
to Croatia in the future.

 

 

 

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