Journal of NACAA

Conventionally or Organically Grown Peaches: What a Farmers Market Taste Test Tells Us

ISSN 2158-9429

Volume 11, Issue 2 - December 2018

Editor: Bindu Poudel-Ward

Abstract

Debate surrounds the notion that people can taste a difference between conventionally and organically grown produce. Conventionally and organically grown peaches were sampled in a blind tasting by patrons of a farmers market. The majority of patrons stated they could taste a difference between the conventional and organic peach samples, and of those that tasted a difference, approximately twice as many patrons were able to correctly identify the organic sample over the conventional sample. Future research should study differences in organoleptic quality between conventionally and organically grown produce and how these differences might impact future marketability of organic produce.