When you begin using herbicides, pesticides, and fast acting inorganic fertilizers, you destroy the microbiotic activity, and soil becomes merely an anchor for plant material, which requires constant input to continue. The Plant Soil fertility is a biological process Only the nutrients removed from the farm as crops need to be replaced. Nitrogen is not purchased because it is supplied by symbiotic and non-symbiotic processes. Inputs are purchased in their least processed and least expensive form. 75 percent of the nutrient value of all feed consumed by animals is returned in manure as nutrient input to the farm.
Soil fertility is an imported commodity.
Nitrogen is a very important purchased input. Inputs are purchased in their most processed and expensive form. Solubility and availability of these inputs is considered a chemical process performed on an industrial level. The answer is multifaceted, but simply stated, a certified organic pepper will taste better and be more nutritious than a conventionally cultivated pepper. Again, that's only part of the picture because by supporting organic agriculture, the consumer is supporting a sustainable model of land use that results in far less pollution and top-soil losses than with conventional agriculture.