I hear you coolwhip. I eat lots of organic as well. Not a big fan of petro chemicals but they do have their place. I work as a restoration ecologist and believe me, we can throw down some herbicides when we need to. I think my rub with those preaching the organic mantra is that I suspect that many of them have no fucking idea about the differences between organic, certified organic, naturally processed, and chemically synthesized nutrients. So they just default to parroting if its not fully organic then its not organic at all. I'm not such a snob to the extent that the label has to say organic or I want no part of it. Not that everyone who gardens using organics is a complete snob about it but I think in general, there are greater numbers of organic gardeners that climb on to their high horse about organic gardening and take shots at those that don't even if they don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Like for instance "you don't have to flush organics" or "you have to flush hydro to get rid of all those nasty chemicals" Or Uncle Ben chiming in on hydro...like he knows what the hell he is talking about in the hydro realm. Captain miracle grow.
Your right though, its more about growers skill than anything. I've tasted organic bud that tasted like shit. I've also tasted hydro grown bud that was smooth, delicious, and powerful. More to the point of the thread though, it takes time to break down carbohydrates, nitrates, and other compounds in harvested bud. Depending on how you do it, it can take a long time or a short time. In general however, if your drying and curing process takes less than a month your probably not getting the most from your harvest.