THE VIDEO SHELF · organic food
Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?
A Kurzgesagt explainer asking whether organic food is really healthier or better for the environment. It defines what organic means and looks at pesticide use, nutrition and environmental impact, with sources.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as a sourced overview of what organic means and how it compares on pesticides and nutrition.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- organic food
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Kurzgesagt has a pretty great video[0] about organic food, and goes a little bit into what the definition of "organic" means. Digging through his citations[1] (which is awesome, btw), as far as American legal definitions and pesticides and the whatnot are concerned, the relevant law[2] …
jedimastert on Hacker News · 2019-11
In Glyphosate in Organic Hydroponic Food ProductionOrganic food actually doesn't have significantly less pesticides in them. Here is a good video about it: [VIDEO]
dnate on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products
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