I never understood this logic. Organic food, according a whole host of scientists, does have nutritional advantages over the chemically grown kinds. Organic Gardening Magazine has quoted a wide range of scientific evidence suggesting that fruits and vegetables grown using manure as fertilizer grow better than those grown in chemically based NKP fertilizers. Also, healthy soil contains vitamin B-12, which shows up in higher levels in organically grown food. Regardless of the health benefits, the environmental impact of non-natural food production is devastating.
Organic food is good for the health of the planet, as well as people.
Healthy plants are more drought, disease, and pest resistant. Healthy plants produce healthy produce. Weak, treated plants produce scrawny, shriveled, less healthy, and sometimes toxic produce. Foods grew naturally for millions of years. Roots evolved to absorb organic molecules, not the large synthetic ones.