[Yaelle]

Obsessive. Gd forgives eating something by accident that isn’t kosher. We are to live by the Torah, not become anal by the Torah. Just checking visually for bugs is all that is necessary.

[gattaca]

Some insects are actually Kosher.

The Title “Bugging Out” reminded me of an episode of Doomsday Preppers. There was a rabbi who raised rabbits. Even though they aren’t Kosher, he said it was okay to eat non-Kosher foods when you’re “starving”

[Ken H]

“The requirement is so onerous many observant Jews avoid farm-fresh fruits and vegetables altogether and stick to pre-packaged produce already checked by rabbis, limiting their food choices.”

That’s just not cricket.

[LadyDoc]

Here in the Philippines, they grow organic vegetables in greenhouses.
Lots of them in Baguio, where a lot of foreigners retire.

We were working to set up the program here, but after a year a typhoon went thru and flattened everything so we went back to just growing organic rice.

[Does so]

Good luck with pepper.

Feds allow 11% bug content.

[fishtank]

“
Aramaic Bible in Plain English:

Blind guides who strain out gnats and swallow camels!”

[T-Bird45]

I wonder what kind of prices they pay for this produce where insects are not allowed. Insects take care of pollination for free and if you don’t allow insects, then you’ve got to pay a person to take care of the pollination to have fruit. That would get expensive in a hurry. $10/pint for the previously-unknown strawberry anybody????

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Removing bugs from typically farmed produce often requires intense washing.

I'm no expert on the subject, but it's very hard to believe that this is 100% effective. Many insects, grubs and worms are going to burrow into vegetables and fruits. I doubt there's any realistic way to eat fruits and vegetables without consuming a fairly significant quantity of insect matter every year.

[Getready]

Could also make halal food....irony would be exquisite.