OK then...
Posted on 02/25/2023 7:52:48 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Isn’t organic really just a marketing term?
You would have to monitor the food production all the way from planting to harvesting. Who is going to do that.
All fruits and vegetables are organic. Grow your own if you want what is claimed is “organic”.
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As for myself, I am scaling back the garden this year.
(Because of the dang deer.)
Just doing Early Girl and Regal Plum tomatoes, Marconi Italian roasting and
red bell peppers, Romaine lettuce and lots of Genovese basil.
Getting a little lazy in my old age...
The deer wiped out our lettuce and pepper. I have some plant that never produce a single pepper. They also got the beet greens. They left the basil, dill, cillards and cucumbers alone.
Fences, fences and more fences this year.
No one is holding a pistol to the head of organic veggie buyers and forcing them to buy the expensive organic stuff.
Their choice nor ours!
Thanks.
Organic is a ripoff!
We finally figured out where to put the peppers—adjacent to a south facing wall where they get lots and lots of hot (and reflected) sun—and then water them every night or early morning.
Anything else hates that approach—peppers have their own “way” about them.
I certainly don’t buy organic. I am old enough to have enough toxins built up in me to kill me before organic became all the rage. Anyways, I garden and have enough friends and family that garden that I have enough fruits, veggies and berries for most of the year. If I don’t die from man made pesticides and fertilizers, then I’ll probably die of horse and cow shit poisoning 😂
If you shop organic your trendy people can’t tell a wild strawberries from a organic one and not any safer.
Some love to fool themselves to be in the click.
We cut the bottoms out of the net pots for the Tower Garden, and use the AeroGarden to start the plants. After they get to be healthy with 3-4 inches of leaves, we “transplant” them into the TowerGarden. Right now I have two tomato plants in the AeroGarden, and some mint. We had transplanted previous tomatoes to indoor pots, but this time I want to see how they do in just the AeroGarden.
A sunny window sill is free.
“conventional chicken legs have dropped in price by 42%” More MSN lies. Legs here have gone up 5% since c-19. Maybe MSN is playing games with the 6 week sudden spike a while back but now that’s flatten out.
Of course you can't kill your neighbor in the process - know your target and what's beyond it.. So use a compound bow.
OK then...
What we call “organic” farming was practiced world wide prior to WW1. In fact, the method was discovered by Sir Albert Howard, a British agriculturalist, who was trying to understand how farmers in Asia did not lose soil fertility over hundreds of years. This is actually why it has become a necessity to do so again because top soil is degenerating at a very rapid pace wherever deep plowing and fertilizer salts are used as the sole means of agriculture. We also now understand the microbial nature of soil and how plants interact with it in order to get nutrition and sustain health. Biologic methods are the only means to renew soil health. However, it takes effort to rethink agriculture methodology. It also makes farmers more independent of corporate business interests, which is why there is such a resistance to investing in it. However, there are many large farms in the west and midwest that are successfully switching to biologic farming. It will become sustainable as farmers learn the new methods and wean themselves off chemical salt fertilizers.
Some examples:
https://pro-soil.com/biological-farming-the-basics-and-how-to-improve-yields/
https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/build-soil/soil-life/soil-microbes/biological-farming-methods/
I respectfully dissent. The enemy of your enemy isn't a friend.
Yes, leftists certainly virtue shop a Whole Paycheck and upload selfies as they pay $21.99 a pound for 100% grass fed steak. Then they drive home in their Tahoe and cook using a gas grill. They're idiots.
The DoodleBobs have been organic for years. It's hardly a wokey thing. We buy our meat from a farm. We research the manufacturers because small, good firms get acquired by the Agruciltural/Industrial Complex and become compromised. There are plenty of independent organic stores - and FWIW Whole Foods' employees are more libertarian than leftist wacko and they don't give you attitude.
The health benefits are massive. AND you effectively develop a mindset of food situational awareness that puts lots of survivalists to shame.
And while we're at it....the junk they've added to "conventional foods" has accompanied the rise in autism, nut and gluten allergies, behavioral problems, endocrine short circuiting and the whole woke movement. God didn't intend for a good meal to come with a heaping helping of MSG, high-fructose corn syrup, Red #5, and of course Monsanto.
Yes, it costs more. So do funerals and medication, and deprogramming your poor child who can't think straight because of dinner. Leftist are the one who preach conformity, so we will keep avoiding soy and invest in local agriculture and longevity.
For example, I get all my eggs from local farmers. Or more accurately, anybody who has a chicken coop in their back yard and occasionally puts their extra eggs in a cooler at the end of their driveway and charge on the honor system (they trust you to put your money in the cashbox). Sometimes, if I don't have exact change, I'll leave an I.O.U. with my phone number and will always return at some point with the money. I do like the ones that have a Venmo barcode - they always get their money on time. But those eggs are SO good compared to supermarket eggs.
During the summer months, my wife and I go farmstand shopping for produce. Is it organic? Not sure. But local farms are fine by me. I rarely have a bad experience with locally grown produce.
Meats are obtained through Walden Meats. I've been using them for years and get a monthly shipment of grass-fed or pasture raised meats (pork, beef, chicken, etc.).
Like you, I don't mind paying premium prices for the foods I eat. I focus on quality. I do not bargain shop for what I put into my body.
Supermarkets I stay on the perimeter and only venture into the aisles for seasonings, canned tomatoes (with no added ingredients), canned fish like sardines and oysters, bottles of red wine.
I'm not against going into a Whole Foods and I have the same experience as you, polite workers, no overt leftist politics. Pretty much anything in a WF is quality. But yes, very expensive.
My go-to supermarkets in my area of Southern Connecticut is Caraluzzis, Stew Leonards, and Trader Joes. Not a fan of Big Y (which is the big one in these parts).
If you buy strawberries, they really should be organic. Pesticide gets under every tiny seed. I find decent deals on frozen USDA organic strawberries at Grocery Outlet, a discount grocery store in some cities. We have three in Spokane. A lot of great food there. Grocery Outlet is like Overstock.com for food.
I am making my bread. Am looking for non gmo wheat flour. Good quality. Organic if possible. Any direction here? Please?
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