Grist: My impulse, when facing the wall of milk at the grocery store, is to reach for the organic gallon. “Organic” casts a halo that makes me interpret the higher price as a sign that there`s something better about it.
But is there?
I used to buy organic milk by default, under this very assumption. But even though I care about where my milk comes from, I`m no dairy industry expert, and I haven`t spent months studying the nuances of organic agricultural practices.
Because I wanted to make a more…