Organic is a term just meaning no pesticides used.
But what makes a vegetable actually healthier? A plant is in a symbiotic relationship with microbes in the soil. This relationship is a loop where the photosynthesis process of the plant producing sugars transfers it to the roots where the microbes attach to the roots and exchange minerals for the sugars.
I remember a professor saying it best, think of these microbes as breaking down rock, zinc, iron, those minerals we need in our diet.
If the minerals are not in the soil, and the microbes are not there to transfer those minerals, your garden food may not be any healthier than the grocery store.
So how do we get minerals we need in our soils and into our foods? Composting is critical. And not just composting in black plastic barrels. Composting with vermicompost (worms) is the most effective. What we feed those worms then becomes the source of the minerals. A wide variety ranging from vegetables to leaf matter to kelp will give you that variety.
