Organic versus conventional farming

Good news.* Especially if it's true. I buy organic food as much as I can afford. Usually, its a really pricey endeavor but I've been telling myself that if I don't buy it now because it is expensive, it will never be cheap later. I guess it's working, that or more and more consumers are making different choices because of what they've read or heard.
I only eat organic eggs now. They're bloody expensive at $4.87 a dz but that's only twenty cents more than the free-range eggs. I think they are tastier (less infused with sorrow) and less sick looking than the regular eggs.
I'll look for something else on the net that agrees with this story. Maybe it's going to turn around for the independant farmer and more people are going to eat local foods and suport the little guys. It's cheaper I think and about time, people.

A guy in the grocery store and I got to talking about strawberries. The organic ones are twice the price but we agreed they taste better. He asked me why it was more expensive on smaller farms when you don't have to buy pesticides, fungicides, insecticides or include long distance transport costs. I told him I thought it was because you lose more of the crop to critters and other NATURAL occurances. You can't get something from nothing. I'll spare you the rant on how ants, slugs, rabbits, mice, and deer are all natural parts of the ecosystem.
*The Clif bars are AWESOME.