iPhone App Claims It Can Detect If Food Is Organic: A Local Organic Farmer Weighs In

“Organic means “wormy”

We grow everything organically...no fertilizers (except hay and oats used once) and no chemical pesticides (if necessary we dust stuff with diatomaceous earth (DE)). We have a peach tree that we planted about three years ago, and this year it was so prolific with peaches that it was nearly breaking branches. It is a Georgia Peach tree (white peaches), and they are really good. My wife has been busy canning and freezing peaches...many quarts. We have also been busy eating them fresh! Mmmm, good!

And by the way none of them were ‘wormy’.

Our tomatoes are not ‘wormy’.

Our peppers are not ‘wormy’.

Our potatoes are not ‘wormy’.

Our beans are not ‘wormy’.

Our lettuce is not ‘wormy’.

Our squash is not ‘wormy’.

Our melons are not ‘wormy’.

Our corn is not ‘wormy’.

We have been here ten years and no chemical fertilizers, pesticides nor herbicides have ever been used.

McCobb also made an interesting point about what the market for such a device says about some people's inclinations to exploit the organic food movement: "It really sucks that we need to spend so much money and time to protect ourselves from liars and people that are trying to scavenge on our movement."

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