Posted on 11/26/2013 6:20:01 AM PST by Red Badger
organic = full of bugs and poop
Anything picked by migrant farm workers also. I’ll trust what’s in my back yard first.
Depends on the definition of ‘organic’.....................
ah it just means that the pickers peed in the fields
I can truly say that the hospital I was in for 3 days for a bad colon infection, is using Mooch’s kids food plan. None of the food was fit to eat. There was no coffee, or ice tea or even hot tea, but a lot of pita bread and turkey or chicken every thing. Turkey meatloaf is terrible. And you do not give a person in for a colon issue GAS producing veggies!
Sheeeyit. By whose standards? Governments?
If it's true, let's hope it stays that way.
People in Africa are literally starving because hippie filled NGOs told them genetically modified corn Americans eat and donate abroad was “poison”.
Children are dying and being blinded by lack of vitamin A, while Golden rice is held up by NGOs and liberals who decry Frankenfood.
The issue is so bad that “Bullshit” by Penn and Teller did an episode on GMO food and found that the liberal BS was BS, and Penn and Teller are far left.
I think they are more Libertarian or 'classic' liberals than actually 'far left'..................
Weren’t most ‘classic’ liberals Christians?
Any comment or insight on this article?
It’s like anything else, firearms, alcohol, where you live- make smart choices, meaning know what you need, why you need it, what and how you are going to use it and how much you can afford to pay- and you can meet your needs on almost any budget; buy into sentiment or hype, purchase on the basis of fear, spend money you’d don’t have or fail to understand what your actual needs are and at the very least you waste your money, if not lead yourself into unhealthy or dangerous situations.
I mostly eat organic because it simply tastes better, is more interesting to cook and while not paranoid about GMO’s and pesticides in the sense of screeching about banning them I will spend my money on local producers who sell on local farms or at farmer’s markets because I dislike *ANY* large organization, union, government or corporation. However being DINKS (double income no kids) with no debts and living in an area with a lot of local producers gives me options many folks don’t have. I live on too small of a city lot to grow more than some tomatoes and herbs.
In the beginning, and for nearly 200 years. But the ‘liberal’ label has been hijacked by communists, fascists and anarchists...............
So do I, but BEWARE: many of the 'locals' simply purchase produce from distributors, put it in plain cardboard boxes in the back of their pickups and sell it to people who think they are buying 'local' produce. Sometimes they don't even bother to get rid of the commercial boxes..................
True, but if you can’t tell quality produce by looking at it and smelling it, you might as well just buy at the grocery store anyway.
It’s not ‘organic’ that I’m after, it’s getting the really good stuff and supporting the locals that is where why and how I will spend my money. I am fortunate that I can take, if I want, 6 hours and spend $60 to cook a 6 course meal on the weekend, but I’ve spent a lot of time and money developing my cooking chops. If you get used to the good stuff you can tell crap no matter how ‘hip’ the vendors are :-)
Madeline Fernstrom had about the only piece of sense in here: We eat too much when we eat.
We also have to balance that we eat enough. I know that during a regular week that I am eating correctly if I don’t want a regular dinner every few nights.
The big trick is a nice piece of fruit, an “adult” carrot cut up or a small leaf salad before I eat the other foods. I then pay attention to when I am no longer hungry, not how much food is left on my plate.
I had the same experience while in the hospital earlier this year. The damn food wasn't fit to feed to wild animals. After a couple of days, the only food I got was brought to me from friends and relatives on the outside.
I went to our kids Thanksgiving dinners at their schools this year and found that it was very similar. There is no salt available, all bread is Wheat(even the damn pizza), and they are given no other options. As a side note, they don't allow plastic knives either, as they could be used s weapons. (they are forced to use forks for cutting their food) I went and asked one of the cafeteria employees for some salt/pepper, Rolls made from White bread, and a plastic knife. She said they had no plastic knives because of the government, and she couldn't give me any salt or White bread because Michelle 0bama thinks it will make us fat. We both had a good laugh. Even though the lady worked there, she thought it was all stupid as I did.
In case that nugget slipped past anyone: wonder no more why the unit cost of food has been soaring for several years now. The cost of that regulation burden is passed through to consumers at market. And to the extent it's not, the food police have pushed food industry policy toward the retailing of smaller portion sizes (a kind of rationing) and the industry seizes on the opportunity to increase profits by charging the same or more for less packaged product.
But remember, slothful, unwashed comrades, it's for your own good.
the REAL headline.....what, Readers Digest is still in business?
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