As to taste if you did a blind taste test on an organic strawberry and a non organic you cannot taste the difference. Today's mass marketed crops have been selected for eye appeal and shelf life. The strawberries in the stores today are big and pulpy they also last two weeks to accommodate shipping and sitting in the store before they are sold. This reduces waste and lowers the cost. The strawberries I grow are smaller deep red and so sweet they taste like candy. Their shelf life from time of picking to turning is less than 48 hours. These plants are impossible to find now but they were all anyone grew when I was a kid. Commercial growers would go broke on them. So variety is important and most organic growers are multiple steps closer to the consumer physically so they grow more heirloom crops.