Posted on 08/21/2019 5:07:06 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra
I used to mock and poo poo organic foods, too. Then I tried organic milk.. I didn’t expect it to taste any better than regular milk.. but it did! I buy it for the taste.
I grew up working on my uncles farm. I saw how much, and how so often, pesticides were sprayed on the crops. Stuff was nasty.
No thanks.
We grow our own crops organic on our small farm plot for self consumption and we go in with two other families and buy a grass fed cow from a local farmer we know for our meat and we have a friend butcher it.
” Then I tried organic milk.. I didn’t expect it to taste any better than regular milk.. but it did! I buy it for the taste”
If you can buy grass fed , range free eggs from a local chicken farmer. You will never go back to store bought eggs. Taste is night and day better.
I like the way you think! Do they process it, wrap it and put it in the freezer for me, too? ;)
I wasn't saying organic is a fraud. What this guy did was fraud.
“They will tell you grass-fed beef is tough, dry, stringy and not very tasty.“
Despite the trendiness of grass fed beef I 100% agree with you.
I used to get organic beef from an Aunt with a ranch in Montana. The cattle were simply free range. The meat was amazibgly tender. Then more recently I’ve bought organic steaks from Sprouts. They were incredibly tough. That’s when I figured that “organic” was a scam. Like with vitamins the conglomerates simply commit fraud with false labelling.
Oh, liberals will doubly hate him for that.
Fake organic food AND more CO2 to kill the planet?!?!?
“The whole organic foods thing is a scam to separate people who don’t know anything about growing plants from their money.”
Indeed. The chemicals with “organic” labels are often proven to be more toxic to humans than synthetic. There are no requirements for nutrition value or proper ripening. “Organic” is often harvested too early so the crop is not yet attractive to bugs. Resulting in smaller, tasteless and less nutritious yield.
However, as someone who grows all their own produce, I can say there exists a higher level of food that is rarely sold in stores and you can 100% taste the difference. My practices are as follows:
-Only fertilize with compost made from food scraps, leaves and straw. Preferably from a source where all the same practices are followed. No concentrated liquids or powders should ever directly be used on fields since the drastic ph/ec change destroys the soil life.
-Use cover crops and rotation to maintain nitrogen, scavenge minerals from deep underground, reduce compaction and repel soil pests. Never till beyond the few inches needed to remove the cover.
-No poisonous pesticides of any type. Only biological pest controls like bacteria, nematodes, bugs, chickens.
-No herbicides or dead mulch for weeds. The soil must be as open to the air as possible for soil life to do the work. In my climate, I simply stop all irrigation once my crop’s roots are deep enough and weeds then cannot take hold. The water is pulled right from under them. In more moist climates, do a “living mulch” that is compatible with your climate and crop.
-In terms of building soil life, “companion plants” become very important. Planting certain plants next to each other will create a synergy in soil life and increased yield for both plants (i.e. beans and corn, tomato and basil). Planting very uncompatible plants will suppress soil life and result is less yield for both (i.e. brassica cabbage next to nearly anything else)
-Harvest only at peak ripeness every few days. The difference in taste of even 1 more day under optimal growing conditions can be huge. Commercial growers have fewer harvests and most pick earlier to maintain harder fruit that can be boxed for market.
NO commercial growers will farm this way because the skilled labor costs are high, the learning curve is high, and there is no certification above the BS “organic” one. But if you do have the ability to learn and grow this way for your family, I highly recommend it. The vegetables taste so good that kids get excited for them.
He couldn’t face the prospect of years of an un-organic prison diet?
Three seconds apart!
Of course addicts can gain some sympathy.
But not as much as the poor
Even if it is, it’s just another example of the 2 tiered “justice” system. People in government have too many protections and are not held to account.
In my view the juries need to acquit people like this until the doj starts prosecuting and convicting the real criminals like Clinton, comey etc.
The prosecution talked of the overused concept of “making an example” of this guy. They would never to that to one of their own. The big problem is that the federal judicial system has no real checks on their power.
Sadly, no.
Did he use organic carbon monoxide?
Apparently, his catalytic converter was not doing a complete job?
But his super sealed and insulated garage came to the rescue, by allowing the engine to consume most of the oxygen.
I have bought eggs from a farm 30 mins from me.. They leave a cooler outside for customers to pick out their dozen eggs and drop money into the lockbox. The egg yolks were a color I had not seen since childhood! Good stuff!
LOL!!! I think the guy should have gotten a medal! Anyone who is dumb enough to buy into the “organic” scam deserves to get ripped! I always say I want the synthetic foods!
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