This quote below echos my belief. Organic is really a marketing term that lately has acquired some meaning in terms of adopted standards. Rationally, I don't think it makes any difference as long as people eat the right combinations of foods, regardless of whether they carry a 'natural' or 'organic' label.
"The assumption is that organic food is somehow superior to conventionally grown food when it comes to long-term health, and there are those who contend there is no solid evidence of that.
'The science to date does not indicate a clear and substantial benefit from selecting organic as opposed to conventionally grown products,' said Christine Bruhn, director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of California at Davis, who said she doesn't receive funding from the food industry.
It's true that organic foods have low levels of pesticide residues -- but so do conventionally grown foods, she said. 'There is no indication that people in the United States are becoming ill from pesticide residues in conventional food.'"
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