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To: DoodleBob

I’m talking about FRUIT. The stuff that grows on trees.

Take a look at areas like the Okanogan valley in WA. Lots of apples and other tree fruit are grown there. Dozens of normal farms, interspersed with “organic orchards”.

The “organic” farms reap the benefits of the regular farms’ pest control efforts, and still label their product “organic”

The whole “organics” FAD is nothing but a scam to separate folks from their money.

Incidentally, you do know that a truncated definition of organic is: contains carbon.


15 posted on 08/06/2019 11:55:15 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W
It could be fruit, wheat, cows, or vegetables. The principle remains the same. If the organic farm owner doesn't want the non-organic farmer's pesticides on his property, if that happens it is a violation of property rights.

It is akin to your neighbor spray painting his home blue and some of the spray hitting your yellow home. Many people may comment favorably on your new speckled paint job. Others may think it increases the value of your home because it now stands out. Someone may tell you that some study points to blue paint leading to longevity and you should be happy about the favor your neighbor did for you.

However, you never WANTED a blue-speckled yellow home. It is YOUR HOME. None of those arguments matter because it is your property and what happened is a violation of property rights.

You may feel organic food is a scam, you may think people are stupid "throwing their money away" spending $5 on a gallon of milk just because free-range Elsie ate pesticide-free grass all her life. All well and good. But a cornerstone of classical liberalism is respect for property rights. That isn't up for debate.

Parenthetically, I suspect you wouldn't want some organic Benzene in your apple sauce.

16 posted on 08/06/2019 5:21:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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