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13 facts about 'organic' foods that will shock you
wnd.com ^ | 7/31/2017 | unknown

Posted on 07/31/2017 6:54:29 AM PDT by rktman

Do you choose “organic” produce because it’s healthier and locally grown?

Think again.

A new report on how the U.S. Department of Agriculture actually markets the organic label without any standard of certification, doesn’t do any field-testing and, through its bureaucracy grew exponentially during the Obama administration, is driving up imports from China, Turkey and other countries with disastrous safety records.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: foodsupply; nutty; organicpanic; usda
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Not a long piece and probably not surprising to a lot of FReepers. You only really know where it came from if you grow it yourself. But it might be fun to use with some of your lib "whole foods" shopping acquaintances.
1 posted on 07/31/2017 6:54:29 AM PDT by rktman
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NON print version:

http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/13-facts-about-organic-foods-that-will-shock-you/?cat_orig=health


2 posted on 07/31/2017 6:55:01 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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I love crops grown with real sh**. And it smells so good when you drive by the fields.


3 posted on 07/31/2017 6:56:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Obama quietly got rid of country of origin requirements for processed chicken his last year in office. Just think of where those chicken nuggets have been that we feed our kiddos.


4 posted on 07/31/2017 6:59:28 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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About 15 years ago I went to a Whole Foods market with a friend.I was nauseated by the smugness of the place and flabbergasted by the prices.IIRC they were selling chicken breast...ordinary chicken breast...for something like $10/pound.

I shop at a well known supermarket chain...one that's well respected.I'll buy ordinary milk...ordinary chicken...ordinary steak...ordinary vegetables there.To me the word "organic" is something to be avoided,not sought after...both for economic and "cultural" reasons.

5 posted on 07/31/2017 7:00:06 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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My opinion, and nothing more than that? There's a lot more "organic" food sold, than grown.
6 posted on 07/31/2017 7:00:21 AM PDT by wbill
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People who eat organic are just posers.
People who grow organic know why.


7 posted on 07/31/2017 7:01:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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I once worked in the meat department at a large retailer. Customers would ask me what's the difference between 'all natural' and 'organic'.

I truthfully told them, the price.

8 posted on 07/31/2017 7:09:22 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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Big Agra and corporate food interests have managed to get the USDA organic label watered down. Typically they want to charge full price for organic without being organic. There are other, more stringent private certifications. But I agree that the best thing to do, if one has the time and resources, is to grow one’s own food.

I shop at WF, and so do some friends, and none of us are liberals. It is undeniable that the natural health movement attracts liberals, but it also attracts folks who don’t want trash in their food.

One big difference between Whole Foods/health food store and stores like Kroger: natural health shoppers and employees tend to suffer from far less obesity.


9 posted on 07/31/2017 7:12:22 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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People who eat organic are just posers.People who grow organic know why.

Some time ago I came upon a copy of the MIT student newsletter/magazine.In it was a feature article by an MIT student speaking of her visit to a Whole Foods market in her hometown (IIRC it was Austin,TX).Long story short...pointing out numerous things to back up her conclusion she stated that in her opinion shoppers there weren't concerned about health but,rather,shopped there as a display of affluence.

IMO she was right in target.

10 posted on 07/31/2017 7:12:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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Organic only means they put the $hit on the soil instead of the usable chemicals to which the $hit breaks down. And they let the bugs and critters have their fair share!


11 posted on 07/31/2017 7:15:09 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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I buy organic if the price isnt that much different than regular. I cant eat a big bunch of bananas before they go bad so I have produce clerk cut the blue band and give me a few. I always say put the sticker on them so they dont think i am trying to scam checkout that they are regular


12 posted on 07/31/2017 7:19:31 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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non-organic - the cow crap is worked into the soil *before* planting.

Organic - cow crap is spread on the crops *after* the plant has started growing.


13 posted on 07/31/2017 7:19:42 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
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I’ll add one that isn’t on the list: Many, if not the majority, of Organic items have more pesticides on them than conventional produce items. There is a large list of approved “organic” pesticides. Most people I know that fall for the OG scam believe there are no pesticides on them. They have them by the truckfull, and as the WND article states, a good % also have synthetic pesticides on them anyway. Oh well, helped pay for my job at a upscale supermarket chain for 13 years.


14 posted on 07/31/2017 7:19:58 AM PDT by rb22982
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organic means fertilized with manure and full of bugs that invade your kitchen


15 posted on 07/31/2017 7:20:46 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: AppyPappy

I bought stock in WF when this “organic” stupidity started taking off. The stock has exploded since then. :-)


16 posted on 07/31/2017 7:21:45 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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I once lived in Seattle and Whole Foods was the closes grocery store to me. I did appreciate the quality of the meat/seafood counter as well as being able to get things other stores just didn’t carry. That being said, hands down the most expensive place to shop. I’d go to a normal chain or Trader Joes for better bang for the buck on staples.


17 posted on 07/31/2017 7:21:52 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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I was the chef at an organic restaurant in South Florida in 1991. I have to go to work now, Book Mark for later.


18 posted on 07/31/2017 7:24:11 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Courage is by definition the antithesis of popularity.)
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My kids once asked me about the organic food in the grocery store. I told them it just has more rodent feces and insect fragments than regular food and costs at least 40% more. I often chuckle when I see people in the grocery store buying at a premium price organic items yet in the same cart I see bags of ordinary junk food.


19 posted on 07/31/2017 7:24:40 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcherhttp://www.stone)
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“Obama quietly got rid of country of origin requirements for processed chicken his last year in office. Just think of where those chicken nuggets have been that we feed our kiddos.”

Exactly. The USDA, being a government bureaucracy, has effectively ruined organic standards in the United States by allowing countries like China to label foods as “organically grown” with absolutely no oversight.

“Are American organic farmers to blame? No—as much as 80 percent of organic food is imported from abroad, right under the watchful eye of your very own U.S. Department of Agriculture.”


20 posted on 07/31/2017 7:30:59 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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