KIDS TRY GROSS PICKLE FLAVORED FOODS! Kids Vs. Food

- Ew, who would make this? - Oh God, that's disgusting.  (French accordion music)  - (FBE) So today, we're gonna
have you try a trending craze that's spreading all around.
- All right. What is it? - (FBE) We're gonna present you
with a few pickle flavored foods. - Yummy pickles.
They're sour.

- I'm also kinda scared,
'cause I know pickles are sour. - I used to like pickles a lot,
so I don't know if I like them all the time now,
but I'll try it. - I'm not a big fan of pickles,
but they're all right. - I hate pickles.
They're really sour and sometimes the juice
gets everywhere, which is really gross.
Hopefully, it's not too bad.

- Even if you used to find
it weird, you might still like it, so that's why I like
trying new things. - (FBE) Here's your first one. - Pickle flavored ice? - I can smell the pickle. - This is like a pickle
flavored-- pickle flavored freeze pop.

- Is this just frozen
pickle juice? - The worst thing about
pickles is the juice and I have to eat it.
I don't want to. - Ugh.
That's so sour. - Sour.
It's really, really sour. - It's just pickle juice.
It's fine.

- Oh.
That's good. Wow, I did not expect that.
It's sour, but the good kind of sour. - Tastes normal like pickles,
but the aftertaste tastes like regular ice.
It's so weird. I don't like it.

- It's like tasting frozen
salt water. That's basically what it
feels like. I actually like it. - (FBE) These are
pickled ice pops.

Van Holten's is the company
responsible for this treat. They claim this to not only
be a refreshing treat on a hot day, but they also
help rehydrate with electrolytes. - Oh.
I never knew that. - I wouldn't eat or drink
this first if it was hot outside.
I would choose something like cold water or something.

- (FBE) All right,
here's your next one. - Oh no.
Smells like vinegar. - Pickle flavored popcorn. - Huh.
This is interesting.

Ew, I don't like it
that much. - I mean, it's all right.
The taste of the popcorn, it overlaps the pickle taste. - Well I mean,
I'm not actually tasting a lot of pickles, surprisingly.
It's more of popcorn rather than pickle. - Better than the last one.
Not as salty.

- It's sweet and it has
a little bit of sour in it, which balances it. - (FBE) So, this is pickle
popcorn, not to be confused with pickled popcorn.
That would be weird. But, you can find these
treats at Boomchickapop and Trader Joe's
and it's called popcorn in a pickle.
- I don't think I'll buy that. - Nothing like cheesy popcorn,
but it's still good.

I would eat this popcorn
if I went to a movie. - If it was movie night
and we had popcorn and my sister tried to prank
me with this, I would not notice at all.
I would just keep on eating. - (FBE) Here's your next one.
- Oh no. No, no!
Why do pickle soda? - Ew, who would make this?
Pickle juice is already enough.

Who wants pickle soda? - I don't like soda.
I don't even like Sprite. - I don't smell anything
right now, but let's see how it tastes. Ugh.
I don't hate it, but it's just so sour. - Oh God, that's disgusting.
Don't try this ever.

- Ew.
It was so gross. It was sour and fizzy
together. - Mm.
It smelled like a pickle, but it doesn't taste like one. - It's just soda,
but if you put a pickle in it for
a few minutes.

- (FBE) This is pickle
juice soda found in trendy Rocket Fizz stores.
- I might drink it, but I don't think that
I would always drink this as my go-to drink. - Pure cane sugar.
There's sugar in it. Pickles are vinegary.
Sugar is sweet. If you put those two
together, you make this disgusting, atrocious mix.

- (Crowd reeling) - (FBE) Here's your next one.
- A pickle flavored candy cane? - I was hoping there would
be pickle candy. - Smells like nothing,
but that makes it even worse, 'cause that means
now you can't tell if it's gonna be good or bad. - I don't really taste pickle.
It's more sweet than anything. - They don't taste like anything.
It's not minty, but it's just like a
regular lollipop.

- They are good.
I don't really taste any pickle. Got a little bit of sourness,
a little bit of pickle in it, but it's really sweet
after the taste. - When you first taste it,
it tastes like an ordinary candy cane, but then
a little bit after, you feel that pickle
flavor coming in. - (FBE) So, this is a pickled
candy cane, infusing pickle into a candy that also has
the cool refreshing taste of mint.

- I don't taste any mint. - Doesn't taste minty at all.
I would definitely buy this. - It just tastes like a
candy cane, except that it's green.
I would take this whole thing home with me. - (FBE) Here's your last one.
- What is this? - It looks like a slushy.
I've never had a pickle flavored slushy.

- I'd like to see how
this tastes, so let's get into it. - Ugh. - I feel like there's lime
or lemon in this. It feels like they just
squeezed pickle juice into it and then mixed it up.

- Oh, that's good.
First, it just tastes like pickle, but when it's the aftertaste,
it tasted like lemonade, so I liked it. - It kinda tastes sour, too.
It tastes very similar to something that I feel
like I had before. It tastes good. - (FBE) This is a pickled
slushy.

It's been introduced at
participating Sonic Drive-Ins. They came up with a frozen
concoction to add to it's line of already
unapologetically neon beverages. - They could have just made
it lime. They didn't need to make
it pickle.

This trend should stop
dead in its tracks. - It's definitely odd. - They just made a pickle
slushy just to add to their colorful beverages?
I would not do that. - (FBE) So, what did you
think of trying these pickle flavored foods today?
- They weren't that bad, actually.
I thought they'd be worse.

- I still don't like pickles.
Some I really hated, but some I really liked,
which is surprising. - Pickle flavored foods
in general are kind of weird, but some, if you get to try
new things, you might actually like them and
for me, I liked the popcorn. - I like these and if
anyone suggested this, thank you, because
these are delicious. - Thanks for watching
Kids Vs Food on the React Channel.

- Don't miss out.
Be sure to Subscribe. - Do you like pickles?
Hit that Like button. - Bye! - Hey guys, Alyssa here,
a producer from the React Channel. Let me know if you've
tried these pickle flavored foods.

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KIDS TRY 90s DRINKS!Kids Vs. Food

- Bubbly.  (French accordion music)  - (FBE) So, we're going
back to the '90s today to have you try some drinks.
- Ooh. Let's see what drinks they have. - (FBE) So, a lot of popular
'90s drinks we couldn't get today because they are discontinued
and expired, but we got some good ones
here for you still.

- Yay. - I don't know '90s drinks.
Coke and Pepsi, that's all I'm expecting. - I feel like they're gonna
be really big and fizzy. I'm excited.
I'm really ready and I just love trying
new things 'cause it's so fun.

- (FBE) Here's your
first drink. - Yay. - Oh, it's one of these.
I had these a couple days ago. - This looks like a medicine
bottle, kind of or a baby bottle.

- It looks like jello
in a bottle. - Oh, you spin it probably.
Okay. That's pretty good.
It has a good flavor and then it also has
an apple taste in it. - This is a different flavor.
Kinda tastes like apple with lime.

- Okay, that's good.
It kinda tastes like a popsicle, but a liquid
version of a popsicle. - (Narrator) A few
moments later. - (FBE) That's good. - (Narrator) One
eternity later.

- A lot of liquid coming out
tonight, that's for sure. - This is really good.
You can really taste the flavor more than you
could with the other ones. - (FBE) So, Mondo
was produced in 1991 and it's extra fun because
you can squeeze it and drink it. - It is fun.
I like it.

- I can honestly see
my friends just taking it off and squirting at each other
instead of actually drinking it. - (FBE) Here's your next one.
- What is-- huh?
It just looks like an energy drink for kids. - You know it's a Surge
because one, two, three. Three "Surges" on it.

- Citrus flavor.
I'm not really a citrus fan. - It smells like Coke,
but it looks like Mt. Dew, 'cause it's green. - It looks cool,
but I don't know if I'll like it.

This one tastes like Sprite. - Good.
Tastes like ginger ale. - That's really good.
The citrus flavor actually bursts out. - I like it.
It kind of tastes like lime.

- I think it's pretty good. - (FBE) So, Surge is
a citrus flavored drink made in the '90s
by Coca Cola. - Oh, I see.
Yeah, it's kinda like-- they're pretty similar,
the way that they taste, so yeah, I get it. - Do they still make these?
I'ma see if I can find one, 'cause this is really good.

- (FBE) Here's another one. - Orbitz. - I've never tried one of these.
Raspberry? - (Pop sound)
- Oh, that was so loud. - Bubbly.

- It's good.
It tastes like Sprite. - Oh, that's good.
That's good. - There's nothing that I can
say that I don't like about it, it's just really bland. - It tastes kind of like
Sour Patch Kids but without the sourness.

- It tastes like lemonade,
but just more fizzy. I like it.
I'd probably drink this now. - (FBE) So, this is Orbitz.
It was made in 1997 and used to have edible,
floating orbs in it. Some consumers compared
it to a lava lamp.

- You can't get the Orbitz
anymore? - (FBE) No.
- Okay, still good. - If it had orbs in it,
I'd probably not wanna drink it, 'cause I'd be terrified.
I'd be like, what is in that? - (FBE) So, here is your next.
- What the heck? Powder?
Am I a baby now? Am I drinking powdered milk? - It kinda reminds me
of Kool Aid with the powder and stuff. This is fun. - Some smoke.

- Looks like orange juice,
but without pulp. - This is just OJ. - This is not what
I was expecting. Tastes like an orange.

- I like it,
'cause I've tried it before. Like oranges, but a little sour. - I don't like it.
It has a little tint of orange. - I like it, except there's
so much water flavor.

- (FBE) So, Tang,
it's a kick in a glass. While still made today,
and while it was started in the '50s, Tang was
especially popular in the '90s and had some great commercials.
- It's kind of fun. It's a little bad because you
don't really wanna do anything, you just wanna drink it. - It's not bad,
but it's not great.

- (FBE) Here's your next. - Clearly Canadian. - I heard this.
Didn't they stop this one for a while and then
brought it back? I'm pretty sure there was
a Patreon for a while to help it. - This just looks like
sparkling water.

There's not really color to it,
so that's what I'm assuming it is. - It's sparkling water.
I really don't like sparkling water. - Tastes like cherry.
I like cherries. - Ew.
I don't know what about it, it just doesn't taste good
at all.

- That's so sour.
If you love sour, guys, you should try this.
It's sour. It should be called
Sourly Canadian. - (FBE) So, Clearly Canadian
is sparkling water with a hint of fruit flavor.
It has been brought back and is now made again today.
- I like the fruit flavor, it's just not the sparkling part
because I just-- I don't know why.
I just don't like sparkling water. - Brought back today,
so that must have been-- meant it was a success.

- (FBE) So overall,
how did you feel about all these '90s drinks?
- They were overall delicious. I loved them. - I kinda feel like
a lot of them are better than the drinks we have today,
'cause a lot of the drinks we have now, it's just basically
water with sugar and coloring, but I thought they were
really good. - It's making me wanna
live in the 1990's now.

- Thanks for watching this
episode of Kids Vs Food on the React Channel. - There's new shows every day,
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KIDS EAT MEXICAN FOODKids Vs. Food

- Might as well put this sauce,
'cause I'm a saucy man.  (French accordion music)  - (FBE) Cinco de Mayo
is around the corner and we thought we'd celebrate
with some Mexican food today. - Oh, that's awesome.
I love Mexican food. I mean, I'm Mexican,
so my grandma always makes me Mexican food.

- Ooh, Cinco de Mayo.
Chips and salsa. Taco Tuesday, yes. - I remember I went
to Mexico before. - Mexico, yay! - (FBE) Most people think
that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's independence day,
but it is not.

- Isn't it when Mexico won
that war between three other areas?
I'm guessing that's when they won. - (FBE) It is most celebrated
in Puebla, where the Mexican victory of the Battle of Puebla
took place on May fifth, 1862. Puebla is a city in east central
Mexico, and it's just southeast of Mexico City.
- Whoa. You just kinda hit me with
an information bomb right there.

- (FBE) So, the food we're
presenting you with today were made from several
local authentic Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles and the food
is eaten year round, but especially on a day
of celebration like Cinco de Mayo. Also, just a disclaimer that
I am a non-native speaker, so I'm gonna do my best
not to destroy the pronunciation of these meals.
- Okay. I understand.
I pronounce a lot of things wrong. - One question.
Is it spicy? - I'm probably gonna get
really good food.

I mean, I don't think
there's any really bad Mexican food out there. - My main favorite
is Spanish rice. I am excited, 'cause I have
many Mexican friends. - (FBE) Here is your first
Mexican dish.

- A taco. - Reminds me of a taco
or a burrito. It's cheese on it. - Yeah, there's definitely
meat in there.

There's like--
I think that might be cheese. - It's good.
The meat, it's greasy. - It's good.
I have no idea what the meat is.
I'm pretty sure it's beef. - I like that a lot.
It has a little bit of spice and I love spice.

- Feel like I kinda was
punched in the face with flavor right there. - (FBE) This is called
mole poblano and it's considered the
national dish of Mexico. Making moles is very
labor intensive and requires many ingredients.
Certain recipes contain ten varieties of chilies alone.
- That's a lot of work to put in just that. - As Gordon Ramsay would say,
"Finally, some good food." - (FBE) Here's your next one.
- Ooh, it's guacamole.

- (FBE) That is not guacamole.
That is a salsa. - That is a salsa. - Is that cheese? - Looks just scary.
It just looks like red and it looks like it's chili.
This in itself is an experience. - Just above spicy.
Might as well put the sauce, 'cause I'm a saucy man.

- I don't care for it.
Just a slimy texture. - I got a little of the chicken.
That's good. I like the chip with the salsa.
A-ok. - Mm, so good.
Spicy, mwah, love it.

- It was good for the
spiciness. - That's definitely a good
amount of heat to it, but it's not crazy. - This is so hot. Ah, that's better.

- (FBE) This one's called
a chalupa. Chalupas are fried, thick
tortillas topped with salsa, shredded meat, chopped onion,
and sometimes queso fresco. - I knew there was cheese on it. - I would eat this again
and again.

Good stuff. - (FBE) Okay, here's your
next one. - Oh my God, yes!
It's Spanish rice! - Is that an enchilada? - It has green in it.
Ew, I don't wanna eat it. - It smells spicy.
I love it.

- I don't really like it.
It's too greasy. - Tastes like grass. - It's not good.
There's a vegetable in it. It almost tastes like
a green bean.

- (FBE) So, this one is called
chile relleno. - More like greasy
mc-grease grease. - (FBE) The chile relleno
is regarded as one of the most emblematic dishes
of Mexico. Its origin dates back to
the 16th century during the period of Spanish
conquest in Mexico.

- That's a very long time.
Did they write down the recipe and then just send it over
through generations or something? - (FBE) All right, here's
your next one. This is a Mexican snack.
- Is that guacamole? These are tortilla chips.
This is my favorite one of all. - I think this is tomato.
Is it? - Is that watermelon?
Why is there watermelon? - I'm just going in,
'cause I might know what this is. - Mm mm.
I don't like it.

It's just bitter to me. - I wasn't expecting it,
so when I bit into it, it was all juicy. - Is that watermelon?
That's watermelon in guacamole? - (FBE) Though uncommon,
this is a special kind of recipe to spice up
your traditional guacamole. It's watermelon guacamole.
Watermelon is a versatile fruit with a flavor that pairs
perfectly with many of the ingredients in
traditional Mexican dishes.

- See, I like watermelon,
but I wouldn't want watermelon with guacamole on it. - Guacamole is amazing.
Watermelon is amazing. Put it together, the two best
foods in the world. - (FBE) All right, here's
your last one.

- Cake!
Yes, yay! - It looks like a liquid cake. - I had three milks before,
or tres leches. That's right, I know it. - It looks so beautiful.
I don't wanna eat it, but I am.

- Just tastes kind of
soft and really sugary. - It tastes like regular vanilla
cake with frosting and chocolate. -  (Chariots of Fire)  - This is good.
I would eat this cake more often. - First of all, it's cake.
Second of all, the frosting, the chocolate is so good.

- (FBE) This is tres leches,
a very juicy kind of cake. This became popular in
Latin America and has evolved into a standard celebration cake.
Various regions of Mexico actually claim it as their own,
but Nestle is responsible for taking the tres leches
cake mainstream. - I had it at so many
birthday parties now, it's unreal. - I love it.
It's my child.

Can I have it?
It's my baby. - (FBE) So, what did you think
of these Mexican dishes today? - Some of them were really,
really spicy. In the end, I got to eat
dessert. - I'm excited for Cinco de Mayo
because it's a day for Mexico to celebrate.

- Cinco de Mayo. - Thanks for watching Kids
Vs. Food on the React Channel. - Don't miss out, Subscribe.

- If you like this episode,
then hit that Like button. - Adios, amigos. - Hola, Alyssa here,
a producer from the React Channel. Thanks so much for watching
us eat Mexican food today.

Hope you're excited about
Cinco de Mayo as much as I am. I'm gonna go eat some
tres leches. Hasta luego..

KIDS EAT FILIPINO SNACKS!Kids Vs. Food

(French accordion music)  (screencaps whoosh) - (FBE) So today,
you're going to try Filipino snacks. - What? What's a Filipino snack? - Is that spicy? - It's probably not going
to be the best thing in the world. - I'm Filipino. I feel kind of nervous
because there's stuff I've never heard of or my mom has told me
about and I don't like the sound of it.

- (FBE) The subscribers
have asked us to have you try a lot of different types
of Filipino foods, including snacks, so we got some of the most requested
for you to try today and might even do more in the future. - We got you. I love anything that's food. - The viewers are requesting this.

That's why I'm scared. - I watch some Filipino YouTubers. They talk about their snacks
that they have, and they seem kinda good. - I'm excited because I'm hungry, so I'm just gonna dig right in.

- (FBE) Here is your first snack. - This looks like dog food. - Is it hard? Okay. It looked like a nut,
but a carmelized nut.

- It looks like those garlic...
Some sort of nut. (Crunching) - I guess one's a corn nut. - It smells like corn nut,
it tastes like a corn nut.

But I don't know what kind. It's probably not barbecue. - (FBE) So that was Boy Bawang. It's a corn chip with Adobo seasoning.

- This is too good. I feel like I really want
to eat the whole cup. - I like it. It's way sweeter than usual nuts.

- I really don't know what Adobo is. - (FBE) Adobo is a popular dish
in the Philippines that has meat, seafood, or veggies,
marinated in a sauce of vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic. So that's what you should
be tasting from these chips. - Yuck! - I don't really taste much vinegar.
I taste a lot of garlic.

- I love these.
Can I take these home? - (FBE) Here is your next one. - It's squishy. - Ooh, it smells like chocolate. - Is this like sweet bread? Is it cake? - This is super foamy.

It makes my mouth really dry. - It's kind of bland. It does not taste as great it smells. - When you bite into it,
it just crumbles everywhere in your mouth
and it has a weird aftertaste.

- It's so sweet! It tastes like cake, except it's drier. - (FBE) That was a mocca cake. It's a mocca flavored sponge cake. - It's a cake? It tastes terrible.

Cakes don't taste terrible. - I like it. It just tastes like chocolate. - I would like to try more flavors,
like strawberry, vanilla.

I think I would like it a lot. - (FBE) Here's your next one.
- Chocolate! - Om! Mmm, what? Whoa. What? It tastes like nuts. What is happening? - Peanut butter.
Chocolate peanut butter.

- Hmmm. Sweet. It just melts in your mouth. - That feels like I'm gonna
have a sugar rush, even after one.

- It tastes like a nut, but if you put a ton of it
packed into one bite. - I don't really like it. I'm not a fan of peanuts. - (FBE) That was a Choc Nut.

It's a popular chocolate candy
in the Philippines made with milk, chocolate, and peanuts. - Best candy ever 2017. - Milk chocolate is probably,
by far, my favorite chocolate. - (FBE) Here is your next one.

(Wrapper crinkles)
- Do I got to take off the wrapper? What? What is this stuff? - The inside kinda looks like rocks,
but I'm speculating this probably would be chocolate
or hard chocolate. - It doesn't smell like anything
except for salt. Sugar. - Looks like a dried plum.

Egh! - Are most of these candy?
- (FBE) Um, maybe. (Wrapper crinkling)
- Dad, don't get mad at me. Aah, hard! Oh, that's hard. - Ow, ow, ow, ow.
It is SO-- it is kind of hard and gummy-like.

It tastes like raisins. - Whenever I try biting into it,
it just doesn't work. Its defenses are impenetrable! - (FBE) So that was a salted tamarind. It's a little pod-like fruit.
- Oh, it's a fruit? Well, that's new.

- That explains the thing in the middle. - I didn't like its texture,
and I didn't like its taste, and I didn't like anything about it. - (FBE) So your last one
is more of a dessert than a snack, but we get a lot of requests for it, so we wanted you to give it a try. - Uh, what's this? - (Gasping) Oh, it's cold! - I want to see what's at the bottom.

It looks like corn. Ugh! Corn on a dessert? What is this? - It looks weird! There's a gooey thing on the side
with sesame seeds on top. - Huh-ho-ho! This actually
looks kinda delicious. - No, no, no.

No, no. That tastes like almond milk,
and I'm not really an almond milk fan. - It is Halo-halo. I have to-- So there's the ube ice cream
and then there's the flan.

I haven't had this for a while. And then there's the crushed ice. And then there's that milk part, and then at the bottom is a jello. - I like the purple stuff
but not everything else.

- I thought it was
gonna taste like ice cream. And it doesn't. - (FBE) This is called Halo-halo,
which translates to "Mix-mix." Some of its ingredients
include ice cream, sweet ube, sweet beans, flan, and jackfruit. - I like that it has a lot of components, so it has a lot of different flavors,
but then they still go together.

- I don't like it. It's just too fruity. - I would tell
a lot of people to try this. This is amazing.

- (FBE) For the poll,
which one of these Filipino snacks would you recommend people eat?
- Halo-halo. - The Choc Nut. - The mocca sponge cake. - You would like the Choc Nut.

- The Halo-halo...
'Cause it's like ice cream. - Choc Nut. It tastes
like peanuts and chocolate and that's my baby.

- I recommend trying the Halo-halo. It's probably the most
delicious dessert I've ever tasted. - The Halo-halo
because it was really sweet and it tasted like a milkshake
and it has a bunch of different flavors. It has something sweet,
something savory, something sour.

Like, they have a lot
of variety in their snacks. - Thanks for watching this episode
of Kids Vs. Food on the React channel. - If you liked this episode,
then hit that Like button! - Bye, everyone! - Hey, guys, I'm Katie,
a React channel producer.

Thank you so much for watching
this episode. If you want to see
your country's food represented, let us know in the comments. Thanks, guys!.

Is Organic Food Worth the Cost

You are what you eat, goes the old saying. And everywhere we are urged to eat organic:
it's more nutritious, pesticide-free, and protects animals and the environment. At least, that's what we are being told  or
rather, sold. And thanks to a lot of very effective marketing,
many people believe it.

That's why, when researchers at Cornell University
gave study participants a choice between two identical items, one labeled "organic" and
one "regular," the participants confidently declared the "organic" choice to be lower
in calories and more nutritious. They also said they'd pay 16 to 23 percent
more for the organic choice. But these beliefs about organic food have
nothing to do with reality. In 2012, Stanford University's Center for
Health Policy did the most comprehensive comparison and found organic foods are not nutritionally
superior to conventional alternatives.

And a more recent review of 20 years of research
into animal products by Italian researchers confirmed these findings. The authors concluded: "Scientific studies
do not show that organic products are more nutritious and safer than conventional foods." That's fine, you might say. You don't eat organic foods just because of
the health benefits, but because you care about the treatment of farm animals and of
the environment. Unfortunately, the facts don't support these
beliefs either.

Animals on organic farms are not generally
healthier than animals on regular farms. A five-year US study of dairy farms showed
that "health outcomes [for animals on organic farms] are similar to conventional dairies." And the Norwegian Scientific Committee for
Food Safety reached a similar conclusion. It found "no difference in objective disease
occurrence" on organic dairy farms as compared to conventional dairies. And while pigs and poultry on organic farms
may enjoy better access to open areas, this freedom, studies show, also increases their
exposure to parasites, pathogens and predators.

As for the environment, yes, organic farming
will mean that in any one field, a farmer will use less energy and create fewer greenhouse
gases. But there's a problem here. By forgoing fertilizers and pesticides, organic
farming is much, much less efficient than standard farming, which means that organic
farmers need much more land to grow the same amount of food. A major study in Europe found that to produce
the same gallon of milk organically, you need 59% more land.

To produce meat, you need 82% more land. And for crops, its more than 200%. And more land for agriculture means less land
for nature. If U.S.

Agricultural production was entirely
organic, it would mean we would need to convert an area bigger than the size of California
entirely to farmland. Economically, the lower productivity of organics
means we have to commit more resources  land, labor and capital. The total cost to the US economy of going
organic would run to about $200 billion annually. But, surely organic food means no pesticides,
right? Wrong.

Organic farming can use any pesticide that
is "natural. Natural pesticides include, for example, copper
sulphate and Pyreethrin. The former has resulted in liver disease in
vineyard sprayers in France, according to a 1996 study; and the latter, a 3.7-Fold increase
in leukemia among farmers who handled it compared to those who had not, according to a 2002
study. Yes, it is true that non-organic foods carry
a higher risk of pesticide contamination.

But that risk is almost non-existent. Rough calculations suggest that all the pesticides
on food eaten by Americans may cause around 20 extra cancer deaths per year. You have a similar chance of being mauled
to death by a cow. In sum, organic food is not healthier for
you, nor is it better for animals and the environment than conventionally farmed food.

I know this goes against everything you have
come to believe, but that only proves the power of marketing. Organic food is a First World luxury. And while buying it is just as valid as any
other luxury purchase, one should resist any implied moral superiority  as, for example,
when fashion designer Vivienne Westwood famously exclaimed that people who can't afford organic
food should "eat less." Unfortunately, a lot of people in the developing
world don't have the option of eating less. They worry about eating, period.

To do that they need access to cheaper food,
which means more access to effective fertilizers and pesticides. So, next time you see organic produce at the
supermarket, don't just swallow the marketing campaign without some critical thought. I'm Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen
Consensus Center..