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Free range, organic food, fair trade etc – all nice marketing buzz words, but how do they actual control this and is anything being done to ensure these foods are really what they say they are?

ITS PROBABLY A LOAD OF COBBLERS …BUT THEY KNOW IF THEY PUT ORGANIC ON SOMETHING THEY CAN CHARGE WHAT THEY LIKE

My town is really small and we have a veryyyyy limited grocery store, the nearest Kroger is an hour away and the nearest organic food store is even farther so I’ll have to do a good deal of my organic shopping online.

http://www.healthy-eating.com/

Preservatives preserve food by slowing or totally preventing spoilage.

Pesticides keep off…. take a guess…. pests!!!! I decided to try some corn on the cob from Whole Foods Market this summer and in 5 out of 10 of the cobs there were LIVE maggots.
To the organic food nazis: What should I have done with the maggots? Hugged them? Set them free? Allowed them to eat with me?
It seems that the function of preservatives and pesticides is totally lost on these people. They have no clue what they are for.
To those who say that preservatives and pesticides definitively cause diseases at the rate normal human beings consume them then please post references.

I recommend you read the book "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson. When I read it I became aware of the disturbing effects pesticides have on the eco-balance, and some of the natural ways to keep those pesky bugs from infesting food. You can see the problem of pesticides vs. organic farming through the eyes of two elderly (and fueding) neighbors. But you also learn a lot about the ramifications of pesticides on our environment.

(The book is listed under "Fiction" and was a very enjoyable read.)

With the awareness increasing of the cancer causing toxins in our food, how many of you are actually paying more for Organic Food?
I made the switch to organic only a few months ago and I feel better than I have in years.

I eat organic…….when I look at my wallet and I see it costs more to eat organic, I just tell myself, "Hell, chemotherapy is going to cost me a lot more than organic food"

organic food Talk Show

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what are the chemicals and other substances involved in Organic Pesticide? (i heard you need up to use much more of it since its inefficient, so its worse sort of.)

What are the effects of Organic Farming on the environment? (i heard it takes up more land, so more destruction of forests is required)

Is organic food healthier? (i heard its genetically the same as other foods, and some say it has more nutrition while other studies say it doesnt)

(would be nice if you could source it)

Thanks for your help!

1) One of the major points of organic farming is to cut down on the rampant use of pesticide and fertilizer. They do not use any synthetic chemicals for pest/fert, and thus use stuff like ladybugs to kill pests and rotting fish to fertilize the land.

2) You use up more land per unit of production, but you don’t destroy forests to make more land. There’s plenty of arable space left unfarmed in the USA and other "organic conscious" countries. In addition, organic farms leave the ecosystem in much better shape since the plants there are more diverse.

Also, "A 2003 investigation by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs in the UK found, similar to other reports, that organic farming "can produce positive environmental benefits""

3) organic food is genetically the same, but we have no conclusive evidence for or against the nutrition claims. However, they have noticeably less pesticide, which can be a plus in your "is this food healthier" decision.

As we all know, organic food prices are higher than those of which were conventionally grown. Can the stimulus bill that was just passed help out the organic food industry, therefore lowering down prices? Or will this issue be swept under the carpet?

‘Organic’ foods are a fraud used to make those who are ignorant but have money pay more for their food (they aren’t any better than conventionally grown foods despite costing more).

A stimulus bill is unlikely to do anything to help that sector of the economy although it should really be used to put the ‘organic’ foods movement out of existence (but that won’t happen either, there’s just too much money being made from that fraud).

In terms of whether the prices of ‘organic’ foods can be lowered, that’s very unlikely to happen due to the irrational ban on use of modern technology (synthetic fertiliser and pesticides are some of the most important agricultural technologies, banning most uses of them (the bans the ‘organic’ movement actually imposes tend to be very inconsistent) is going to hurt your yields in a big way) in the ‘organic’ farming movement resulting in lower yields and higher manual labour required (remember that progress in civilisation occurred because farmers became unemployed).

Do you think the new trend of eating healthy will catch on?

Is organic food going to replace all other food one day?

What is the difference?

What are the benefits?

Ideally, yes. Organic fods are grownwithout pesticides, hormones and the like, which makes it healthier for the land and the body.

Partners Trust’s Tanaz Akhlaghi ventures into the Beverly Hills Farmers Market to sample the organic produce and talk to some local farmers and restaurant owners.

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I just moved to Florida from Michigan and I’m looking for an online service that delivers organic food to your home. I have found a few places, but they don’t seem to deliver to my area. I’m in Sarasota County. Anyone know of a place that will deliver here??? Thanks!

Publix grocery stores have an organic food section, but you will need to call your local store to see if they have such a service, as it seems that they do not have such a program from a corporate level. You can also try one of the "personal shopper" services in the area. They may already have relationships with several organic food stores in the area.