The Irony of Eating Organic

I like the products that are marketing themselves as "80% organic."

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo that says "60% water."
 
A lot of that "organic" food is a joke, IMO.
"Organic" distributors sometimes are not too careful about vetting how "organic" their suppliers are, especially in California....from what I've read.

One other anecdote:

My brother was in Whole Foods a few years ago while a stocker was pouring a large box of some kind of Nabisco crackers into one of their "organic" bins. They were the same as the regular crackers he had just seen at HEB. Brother mentioned that to the stocker, who just mumbled something like "Well, yeah".

Of course the Whole Foods price was just about doubled.
 
I was thinking about this the other day- are those clear plastic bags that every grocery store has for produce (including Whole Foods) environmentally friendly? They don't seem that different from the plastic sacks everyone is waging war on. I know they need something clear for the cashier to be able to ring it up properly but it seems like they could come up with something better that produces less trash. Yeah, I use my "green" reusable grocery bags, but I also get home with 5+ plastic produce sacks.
 
Be skeptical if you want, but I can tell the difference between an organic plate of broccoli and regular broccoli.
Regular broc tastes like plastic green garbage.
And I prefer not to go through my golden years with a pair of man boobs from all the estrogen based pesticides in use today.
 
It's pretty easy to just stop using the produce bags. What's the point? To keep the broccoli from touching your apples? We haven't used those in years. That's a much easier change than switching from store-bags (paper or plastic) to reusable bags you have to bring.
 
I never use them if I'm getting one or two of something. But it's hard to just throw a bunch of green beans, or snap peas, or new potatoes, or limes or whatever in your cart.
 
Acutally you're right...for green beans and snap peas we sometimes use the bags. Limes are easy, just toss them in your cart. Same with all other fruits and most vegetables.

It's easier if you bring your own bag because then you can put them in one of those.
 
I guess my main concerns with organic food would be waste and inefficiency.

Seems like organic farming would take a lot more resources to get the same amount of food sold in the grocery with lower crop yields etc.

If you're charging people so much more for food, you're only selling the food that looks the best. What happens to all the food that doesn't reach whole foods or fresh market's standards?

Common sense points to a lot of waste, maybe the opposite is true.
 
For many reasons, local farming networks are essential for the survival of the human race.

For instance, let’s say a pandemic sweeps the globe. That will dramatically effect the flow of goods and services across the country. Having the ability to provide food on a local level will be vital.

Let’s say the agribusiness has brain fart the size of General Motors and ends up in bankruptcy. Probably will never happen, but I doubt 20 years ago anyone would have thought GM would be on the verge of vanishing.

While economies of scale are great for profit, they’re not always great for society.
 
I buy organic vegetables straight from a local farmer through a community supported agriculture program (CSA). They deliver them to a central point downtown in the city where I live, so there are limited transportation costs. I get a huge supply of fresh, healthy veggies with lots of variety. I buy organic eggs from a co-worker who hobby farms.

On both counts I can tell a noticable difference in flavor and freshness. Plus, we are supporting family farms in our community, reducing carbon footprint, and eating healthy. All that said, I rarely, if ever, buy "organic" stuff from the big supermarkets. The important thing to me is more about local and fresh than organic.
 
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