What is with this organic bashing/ignorance?

I find it ironic that the virus (people) that infect the Mother Earth are effectively doing themselves in with less than healthy diet as well as misinformation about what is healthy. Organic, whole foods are hands down the best but sadly not the most profitable for big business. Advertisements and labeling on most manufactured "food" constitute half truth and disinformation at best.

I'll cut through the numbers and passionless data to give the following truth concerning the food supply in general: its primary purpose is to make money for the rich and not to nourish you. Every person who is in a position to make meal decisions owes it to themselves and those who rely on their decisions to do nutritional research- there is no excuse for failing to do so. More important than the price tag is the ingredients list- each item listed to be weighed on the basis of whether it belongs in the natural food chain. Organic food grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers is best. Colors, preservatives, sugars, salts, and other artificial flavorings are present to make it more profitable by enhancing its visual appearance, flavor, and shelf life... just as Skip posted.

As a whole we are allowing ourselves to be slowly killed off big business- which is keeping us alive just long enough to rob us. We can piss and moan about how it is happening to us but we are just as guilty by allowing it to go on.

 

there's nothing better than the farmers market. but it's not open year round.

 

is it really double though? maybe where you are.

I usually notice about a 10-50 cent jump in price per pound when going from non organic to organic. some a little less, some a little more. Obviously I graviate towards the organic fruits that are in the +10-20 cent range.

In fact with some fruits/veggies, the difference between organic and non is so close that when there is a sale on organic, you can sometimes find organic for 10...20 cents cheaper than non organic! Like I found with some organic onions once when they were on sale. I also found some organic grapes on sale which were cheaper than the non organic grapes! Look for weekly sales.
farmers markets are getting cheaper too as more people start to support local farmers. a pound of eggplant for $1, yes !!

The one thing is very expensive here is organic yogurt though, that is 40% more or so!!

 

god, i know. my daughter loves yogurt and granola for breakfast. dave has picked up on it, too. so our organic yogurt habit is expensive.

but at some point in time, when you can't afford to pay your bills but still have to buy food for your family, it's amazing how easily your standards will slide.

 

Maybe some others here have this experience that I and people around me have noticed. It seems difficult to go back to non-organic foods after being on organic for a while. For example, getting sore throats from non-organic apples. Non-organic meats seem difficult to digest when trying to go back to them.

Maybe we get used to the chemicals and additives and don't realize it until after we've been away from them and then start consuming them again.

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In order to feed an ever growing population sacrifices to health had to be made for the greater good.

With that said, I acknowledge that profit was often the driving force


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That's not a drawback. All the health damage is good business for the 'healthcare' industry.

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I think the term "organic" has been cheapened by the rise of "organic" junk food.

I saw organic Cheetos at the store recently. Are you kidding me? Just because the label says organic, does not mean that Cheetos are suddenly good for you.

 

not necessarily, i like to go out late at night and secretly spray pesticides on any organic gardens i can find...

 

oh that's just hilarious...

 

Organic produce tastes better. I'm sure it's healthier, but I think that being the imperfect beings that we are we might not live long enough to really make a difference, though nobodys doing a study to see how many years organic food adds to your life, maybe I'm wrong.

If I had all the money I could use I would eat only organic, but the cheap stuff keeps me alive and considering the other unhealthy things i need to change more organic food might seem more affordable if i quit fucking smoking

 

What is wrong with their use of "normal?" Non-organic food has, after all, been the norm in the US for some time. At least they're shopping in the produce section at all. I can't tell you how many times I've peered into people's shopping carts during check-out only to see nothing but processed junk.

I understand you're just ranting though, and I agree that it is odd (and sad) what we consider normal, but I doubt the people asking you where the "normal" produce is are intentionally trying to bash organic food.

 

I eat organic as much as possible...

 

all i can say, though, is that organic apples are crap every time i get them. the veggies aren't so much a problem except they turn quickly. but the organic apples are always limp and pithy.

 

Yeah. The marketers are onto it.

I was trying to find a spaghetti sauce without sugar in it. A few years ago, all the major U.S. brands started loading it up with sugar. I looked at organic Prego. It has organic sugar in it, and the same amount as in the non-organic version.

BTW, Ragu spaghetti sauce has 13 grams of sugar in a half cup. If I did the math right, that's the same amount of sugar on a per volume basis as a can of pop.

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make your own sauce. it's SUPER easy, and tastes so much better.

 

btw, tomatoes and tomato sauce are also naturally full of sugar. adding sugar to it is lame, though. i can't stand to eat other people's food anymore. it sees like EVERYONE puts sugar in everything these days. and what's with all the honey mustards and honey this and honey that? good lord, it's dinner, not dessert. okay, i'm done with my sugar rant.