If I reused my favorite bag...you'd be hearing about me on the evening news. And I admit, I am the sole reason for deforestation in Amerika.
Posted on 02/17/2013 7:13:32 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Organic products make people feel more secure about their own morality, which weakens the desire to act altruistically, the US findings suggest.
The effect also makes people judge immoral behavior more harshly, psychologists report in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
But comfort foods such as chocolate can lead to us being more social and making "kinder moral judgments".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
My Brother shops at organic stores and tries to eat only organic free range meat. He is one of the nicest people you will ever meet and he will go way out of his way to help others, including his drunken derelict relatives and friends,
The angriest, rudest part of the Bay Area is Berkeley.
The rudest two parts of Berkeley are People’s Park, and Whole Foods.
You would not BELIEVE the people spoiling for a fight, there.
I don’t know if ‘’angry’’ is quite the word. “Exasperated’’ maybe, because we commoners just aren’t on their level. “Flinty’’ as my late mother would say.
You want to shut those kind of folks up real quick? The ‘’tolerance’’ crowd I mean? Next time somebody throws that word ‘’tolerance’’ at you tell ‘em “Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing’’. Learned that one here. That’s why I love(and donate) to Free Republic.
That has been my experience as well, to the point of thinking of writing to the very conservative CEO of Whole Foods. Those who work there, in my town anyway, are the darn nicest people in any store.
We’re Conservatives (didn’t know that for years - - was there labeling ‘back then’) - ?
And have been using good supplements and much organic products for over 45 years. When organic was scarce. Less scarce now, thus cheaper. We care about staying healthy, and choose our own ways of doing so.
We don’t believe we’re being ‘taken.’
Our 4 daughters observed while at home here, and do levels of organic in their families.
We shop at Trader Joe’s, which has some organic products but not considered a ‘healthfood’ store; and a small family owned health food store. Shop occasionally at Whole Foods when I’m in the city where there’s one. Also shop at our Sat. Farmer’s Market, which offers some organic products.
Spouse reads nutritional articles weekly by a variety of authors - always has. We’ve never been accused of being fanatical or purists - don’t feel we are. We enjoy sinful stuff - just not a a steady diet of said stuff.
You (general public) don’t care what you’re missing? You don’t want to jump on the bandwagon? - Fine - leave us alone. . . sound familiar - ?!
We see much ignorance in what some people choose to put in their mouths.
And just what are the personalities of regular supermarket employees and shoppers??! I feel bad for the families of shoppers with ap-cray in their shopping carts, the 3 or 4 times yearly I’m in a regular supermarket.
Funniest of all are people who put only the best in their vehicles, and care not a wit what’s going in their pie-hole!
Do I dare say it? ‘You reap what you sow.’
If I reused my favorite bag...you'd be hearing about me on the evening news. And I admit, I am the sole reason for deforestation in Amerika.
I’ve extolled the Whole Foods business model on FR for a long time ....boy did I get flamed. Now John Mackey, is the *new* Conservative darling. Heh.
There’s info out there about the *decentralized teamwork* and how each department manager is responsible for his/her area...salaries are posted in common areas...and if you have any personal drive....advancement within is common.
Actually that study to which you are alluding, only showed no appreciable difference in nutritional content between vegetables that are organic and those that are not.
The study avoided any measure of pesticides to be found on the two categories—and most people are interested in organic foods for the lower level of pesticides.
When one pays twice as much for inferior appearing goods is it any wonder that he would have a perpetual scowl.
Last summer my wife & I went to Whole Foods. I wore my Vietnam veteran cap & expected trouble from liberal shoppers. But there were no “babykiller!” shouts, nothing, the grey ponytailed guys just pretended I wasn’t there. The checkout gal said, “Oh, you get veterans discount!”
I’d go back if it wasn’t so expensive.
There were two studies that I have seen - the one you are talking about and the one addressing the pesticide issue.
Both studies arrived independently at the same conclusion; there was no appreciable difference in nutritional content or potential harm to those who eat pesticide treated produce versus organic produce.
The study I’m referring to, which was big in the news a couple of months ago, didn’t measure pesticide residue at all. Just made a big deal about similar nutritional content.
Studies that declare the pesticide levels on conventional fruits and vegetables safe are those that buy into the US guv’s standards for safe pesticide exposure, which of course have repeatedly been proved too low over the years.
The first study is similar to the one I saw awhile back. The second one appeared more recently and probably does rely on government levels.
I think it's a French word that roughly translates as "bruised fruit".
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