Why do we buy organic food? Gimlet Media’s new-ish podcast Science Vs attempts to explore how different organic produce is from conventionally farmed fruits and vegetables. The shows continues to do the excellent and much needed service of explaining peer-reviewed science to listeners. Host Wendy Zukerman finds out that we know that fresh produce with an “organic” label slapped on it, even if it’s not actually organic, will rank higher in subjective taste tests, but it doesn’t actually taste better than the conventional stuff and isn’t more nutritious. There is also no scientific proof that organic food is better for our health than conventional produce. However, organic farming tends to create healthier soil and better biodiversity on farms, which is better for the environment — with a caveat that it can still leech nitrogen into waters, probably even more than conventional farms, and it requires more land to grow the same amount of food. (Runtime 32:05)