In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the availability of organic foods. Organic' foods are regulated by the government; thus in order to officially be termed "organic", they must be grown without pesticides or artificial fertilizers. In just a short time, it has become overwhelmingly clear that consuming only organic fruits and vegetables has a number of benefits.
First, organic foods have been shown to have a positive impact on human health. Most foods are grown using many chemicals, some of which eventually end up being consumed by people. Research has proven that eating chemical additives harms humans over time. For example, a recent study linked the consumption of artificial additives found in non-organic foods to behavioral disorders in children. However, since organic foods are grown without pesticides, people do not have to worry about unexpected side effects from eating chemicals.
Next, organic foods also benefit the environment. Traditional farming techniques dump hundreds of pesticides into the ground every year. Additionally, chemicals used in farming remain in the ground for many years afterwards. Organic foods, on the other hand, do not use any harmful pesticides or fertilizers. As a result, there are fewer pollutants entering the Earth's land and water systems.
Finally, the consumption of organic foods also benefits small farmers. Most of the world's food supply is produced and sold by large corporations. This makes it very difficult for small farmers to compete. However, the majority of organic foods are grown on family farms. Buying more organic food means that small farmers are able to make a living off of farming.
The reading and the lecture are both about the benefits of organic foods such as fruits and vegetables. According to the reading passage, there are several benefits in the consumption of organic foods, which eventually may cause worthwhile impact on human health. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made by the article. She suggests that organic farming is less beneficial than it seems at a glance.
First of all, many organic farmers use the chemicals, which are known as the unofficial pesticides. The evidence buttresses the possible negative impact as to when the organic food is consumed by people. In addition, the pesticides held in the organic food are harmful to the health and may lead to the development of Parkinson disease. However, the author of the reading refers to the research, which proved that the consumption of artificial additives found in non-organic food harms children. In addition, he states that since organic food does not include pesticides, people do not have to worry about side effects.
Second, the development of organic farming may lead to more serious environmental problems, than using pesticides, that at the end become waste, polluting land and water. Provided organic farms need much more land to grow the same amount of crops, than large corporations, thus the large amount of forests should be cut in order to provide enough space for organic farming. However, the author of the reading contends that the lack of usage of chemicals will lead to reduced amount of pollutants.
Third, the lecturer puts forth the idea that the production of organic food does not actually favor small farms as large corporations cultivate such crops. Since 1982, when it became far-famed to grow organic foods, large corporations entered the market by starting to produce organic vegetables and fruits, but they sell the crops under the sister companies’ labels. This counters the point made in the article, according to which organic food benefits the small farms.
All in all, the evidence referred to by the lecturer challenges the idea that the organic farming is as beneficial, as the author states.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, third, thus, while, as to, in addition, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 13.0 22.412803532 58% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 30.3222958057 162% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1791.0 1373.03311258 130% => OK
No of words: 349.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13180515759 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32221490584 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63319261274 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 145.348785872 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515759312321 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 549.0 419.366225166 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 1.25165562914 479% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.9672124998 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.9375 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8125 21.698381199 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0625 7.06452816374 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.295547842875 0.272083759551 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102891630486 0.0996497079465 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0517775913592 0.0662205650399 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.160147444276 0.162205337803 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0610840554825 0.0443174109184 138% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.3589403974 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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