Organic strawberries are more nutritious

cientists analyzed 31 chemical and biological soil properties, soil DNA, as well as the taste, nutrition and quality of three strawberry varieties on 13 organic farms and 13 chemical farms in California, where 90% of the US strawberry crop is grown.

Science Daily sums up the findings:

* The organic strawberries had significantly higher antioxidant activity and concentrations of ascorbic acid and phenolic compounds.
* The organic strawberries had longer shelf life.
* The organic strawberries had more dry matter, or, “more strawberry in the strawberry.”
* Anonymous testers, working at times under red light so the fruit color would not bias them, found one variety of organic strawberries was sweeter, had better flavor, and once a white light was turned on, appearance. The testers judged the two other varieties to be similar.