Overall, the interview with Dr. DiRosa went better than I expected. I was extremely nervous being that I was in charge of leading the discussion. Trying to make the interview as informal as possible, while keeping in mind questions that I wanted to ask next was overwhelming. I asked questions that were not on the piece of paper in front of me. I barely even had time to look down and skim the paper for any questions I didn't ask. Therefore, I kept one or two of our group's interview questions out by accident. Maybe this was a good thing though; meaning the conversation didn't go the way we originally thought. In our Writing, Research, and Technology class we talked about how our interview was meant to veer off in a direction we didn't plan. As also discussed in class I also made sure to pull any personal stories or/and personal beliefs out of Dr. DiRosa. As a viewer can tell by the interview, I think this was a success. Unfortunately, I lost track of time and had no idea how long the interview was; I wound up concluding the interview five minutes short of thirty minutes. This is why my group and I recorded only twenty-five minutes of an interview -_- Sorry Mangini, I hope this is okay!
The information we gathered from Dr. DiRosa was astonishing. We discovered there are indeed a lot of myths to organic food. Before the interview I didn't understand why all the websites discussed myths of organic food. However, after this interview I realize there really are many myths to organic food.
Organic food has the same nutrients and proteins as non-organic. Even the vitamins are the same! An organic fried chip is a unhealthy fried chip, even the same amount of calories.
Myth #2 - Organic food is safer.
Organic food is still used with pesticides. Although there is a smaller dose of pesticides, they are still being used. (Some organic foods are exposed to more pesticides than others!) Cow manure is even still used in producing organic foods. If the cow manure isn't properly maintained and there is ecoli in that cow manure, than there will be ecoli in the meat. Therefore, there is still a possibility a consumer is still able to became sick after eating organic foods.
Myth #3 - Organic food is tastier.
Once again, there is no evidence. An experiment was done with an apple and based off of the researchers they found the organic apple tastier. However, it comes down to personal taste. It also all depends where and when the type of organic food is grown.