It is sold at a higher price than ordinary food, with a subsidy passed back to the farmer.

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Young people were said to be among the most sceptical with just 11% of 15 to 24-year-old's surveyed last year believing organic produce is better for you than ordinary food.

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UN's oil-for-food programme for ordinary Iraqis.

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And with organic food costing appreciably more than ordinary products, one US cancer specialist said organic farming was a "dangerous delusion".

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For most of human history, ordinary people had to spend their lives growing food.

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The increase in food and fuel prices is hurting ordinary Chinese just as it is threatening ordinary consumers.

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How about the food, clothing and shelter of ordinary Chinese themselves?

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In scenes reminiscent of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, ordinary Iranians responded to the disaster by piling up food and clothes at collection points across the country.

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With no cheaper alternative, ordinary people are forced to cut their spending on essentials like food and heating, or uproot and move away from jobs, schools and families.

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And the aid should consist of little more than the basics of food and fuel -- and that only in the extraordinarily unlikely circumstances that ordinary Palestinians were facing a true crisis.

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