Organic Controversy

The organic word is in everyone's mouth nowadays; from coffee to produce to fish to meat to everything. Coffee plantations take a lot from the soil.  After years of harvesting without replenishing the land, it must rest for years before you can use it again.  The coffee  trees don't get any help, so the coffee, even though it is hand picked, does not look the best.  The trees are usually shade grown.  Productivity is very low compared to other ways of growing coffee. I guess my thought about  is if it is really a good thing.  Does it really taste better? it is worth the price? I am all for respecting  environment, but I do ask myself if organic grown coffee is really helping the earth????