I don't think it is necessary a "liberal" thing to eat organic food. Broken clocks are right twice a day and people who say that organic food is good for you are in fact right. As a matter of preference, I have no problem driving halfway across town to the organic market and paying more because I know I'm getting what I pay for. At our house, we now buy almost all of our meat and a majority of our vegetables at the Fresh Market. For things such as beer, chips, and other products which really don't vary from store to store, there's still Food World.
To tell you the truth, I'm willing to pay extra money for meat when I know that the animals were not shot up with growth hormones during their lives, and I'm much more willing to eat produce, even if more costly, which I know has not had some genetic engineer screwing around with it's DNA. At first I was skeptical about this organic food mess, but my in-laws turned me on to it, and I must say, I did feel better and more energetic then I have before.
I applaud Wal-Mart for their decision to start carrying organic food. Doesn't mean I'm going to buy it from them, but I do think it's better for you, and the more people you get to at least it, the better off we are. You know, when you hunt, kill the animal and bring it home, by theory, you're eating organic food, because the deer I assume, has not been shot up with growth hormone, and he's eaten natural food. The same for fish that you catch, scale then cook. For the same reasons that I like to eat venison I like to eat food from the organic market. I don't think that makes me uppity, or liberal or anything else, it's just a personal preference.
I found whole grain pita chips with cold expeller pressed oil at Sams and bought the two pound big bag. I also found pesto without trans fats. When you do your homework and care about the way your body reacts to these products, then organic and whole foods become penny wise and hydrogenation is pound fooish. What is the cost of a coronary bypass these days?
On the other hand, my sons have asked me when bowel movements became an olympic event(?)I explained that after 40, regularity develops a charm all it's own...