Comments on: Can You Trust the USDA Organic Label? http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/08/09/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rudy http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/08/09/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/comment-page-1/#comment-22131 rudy Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:37:41 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/#comment-22131 well, organic stuff is the new way to separate the "haves" from the "have nots", if you can pay for something more expensive, you are different, more affluent, right? so, to the one or more million dollars house, the hummer and the private schools that they send their children, the conversations will include: "ah, and we only eat organic" leave the other "contaminated" stuff for the losers. well, nothing is completely "organic" and to feed the increasing population at affordable prices, we need pesticides, genetic engineering and the like. wake up people! well, organic stuff is the new way to separate the “haves” from the “have nots”, if you can pay for something more expensive, you are different, more affluent, right? so, to the one or more million dollars house, the hummer and the private schools that they send their children, the conversations will include: “ah, and we only eat organic” leave the other “contaminated” stuff for the losers.
well, nothing is completely “organic” and to feed the increasing population at affordable prices, we need pesticides, genetic engineering and the like. wake up people!

]]> By: Woody http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/08/09/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/comment-page-1/#comment-17464 Woody Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:38:38 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/#comment-17464 Good points Bob, but I would disagree that the organic thing is a (complete) sham. In any industry there will be cheaters. Now that Wal-Mart is getting in on the organic thing, health food stores are looking harder for organic produce. The demand is obviously increasing, and I predict more robust regulation will soon follow. Our household priority is to buy from local farms (NEVER anything from china when there is an alterative). These farms may not be 100 % “organic,” but you can at least talk to the farmers, ask questions, sometimes even harvest crops yourself. For us, local trumps organic, though we do drink a lot of pasteurized organic milk. It’s more expensive, but no synthetic hormones, pesticides nor antibiotics whose overuse is a real public health concern. Plus there’s more calcium and conjugated linoleic acids – good fats. These fatty acids are good for developing kids’ brains. Good food-for-thought essay, but we'll keep drinking organic milk just in case. Who doesn't want smart kids? Good points Bob, but I would disagree that the organic thing is a (complete) sham. In any industry there will be cheaters. Now that Wal-Mart is getting in on the organic thing, health food stores are looking harder for organic produce. The demand is obviously increasing, and I predict more robust regulation will soon follow.

Our household priority is to buy from local farms (NEVER anything from china when there is an alterative). These farms may not be 100 % “organic,” but you can at least talk to the farmers, ask questions, sometimes even harvest crops yourself.

For us, local trumps organic, though we do drink a lot of pasteurized organic milk. It’s more expensive, but no synthetic hormones, pesticides nor antibiotics whose overuse is a real public health concern. Plus there’s more calcium and conjugated linoleic acids – good fats. These fatty acids are good for developing kids’ brains.

Good food-for-thought essay, but we’ll keep drinking organic milk just in case. Who doesn’t want smart kids?

]]> By: Bob http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/08/09/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/comment-page-1/#comment-17091 Bob Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:03:44 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/can-you-trust-the-usda-organic-label/#comment-17091 You mean the government is not protecting us, oh my, what shall we do. They do such a great job with peace treaties, they solved the Mideast problems back in the...well they defend our borders or is it boarders they defend? As a farmer, we use what it takes to sell without losses. No doubt the organic thing is a sham, however the food is real. It disturbs me when people cry like babies for food, yet are too lazy to go out and grow their own pest free organic food. By the way has anyone seen a porta potty in China? You bet ya, pure onsite organic fertilizers working those fields, wonder where they wash their hands? Oh well a little more organic texture. Cheers Bob You mean the government is not protecting us, oh my, what shall we do. They do such a great job with peace treaties, they solved the Mideast problems back in the…well they defend our borders or is it boarders they defend?

As a farmer, we use what it takes to sell without losses. No doubt the organic thing is a sham, however the food is real. It disturbs me when people cry like babies for food, yet are too lazy to go out and grow their own pest free organic food. By the way has anyone seen a porta potty in China? You bet ya, pure onsite organic fertilizers working those fields, wonder where they wash their hands? Oh well a little more organic texture.

Cheers Bob

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