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Organic = Bugs! *yuck*
I recently talked to some family farmers...farmettes with only a few acres in production. They are farming because they like living in the country and having control over what they eat. Most of them expanded from merely grownign for themselves to growing for neighbors and friends, etc.
Of the ones I visited, none of them had the “Certified Organic” designation. They all told me that they did not seek the “organic” designation due to the paperwork and cost.
For the small farm, it takes a few growing seasons to obtain that certification and there is annual paperwork, etc. to keep it.
They did use varying degrees of organic farming methods and are selling to stores and restaurants as well as local customers.
They told me the designation “natural” on food packaging means absolutely nothing.
Seeing what they were doing impressed me. They have found ways to combat bugs, etc. with a variety of non-chemical techniques such as companion planting.
If you cannot grow your own produce, I recommend going to farmer markets for fresh produce during the summer months—excellent quality, and since it is local, you have some idea of how it was grown. Some of these family farms have options for U-Picks and CSA’s (shares purchased that guarantee a certain amount of harvest).
Organic and worth it
Pasture eggs not cage free or organic it must specify pasture raised
I know egg biz and lecture about it here way too much likely
Range chicken like Bell and Evans
Grass beef if I prefer lean meat like I do
Carrots...organic is better
That’s all I can think of the rest is just hype
I’m a conservative organic foods nut. There are lots of us. So don’t categorize it as a liberal thing. I need to read these reports too, so keep them coming. Trust but verify.
I hauled some organic chickens to the plant to be processed once. They were so sickly, half of them died on the way.............
If people want to pay $7 for a gallon of milk and feel smug about it, go for it.
I’ll be paying my $1.69-$1.99 depending on sales.
No commercially available produce is perfectly clean. However, organic has less toxic pesticides than non organic, and for produce withoutnthick peels, organic will do less to take away your health than conventional.
We are overrun with neurological pathologies in epidemic proportions today. KEEP YOUR BODY AWAY FROM AS MANY NEUROTOXINS AS POSSIBLE. Some are in foods, like artificial colors and sweeteners and “natural” flavorings. Very few packaged foods are safe. Some are in your weed and bug killers. Some are in your laundry products or lotions or medicines. Some are the plastics you drink or eat from.
Pesticides are just one source of toxins your health requires you to limit. Your risk (and that of your children, born and not yet conceived) is your own.