Organic foods are not healthier...or pesticide free. Organic farming is a marketing ploy that exploits the appeal to nature fallacy As a biomedical scientist, it has never failed to annoy me that the term ‘organic’ has been co-opted to spread misinformation. Before we get into the topic as it relates to foods (and other consumer products), I just want to emphasize that the term organic in chemistry has a VERY different meaning. And we will talk a lot more about that in the future! But since the.