Comments on: Organic Produce: Price vs. Ethics

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By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:23:38 +0000

Organic food is a scam. It is a marketing tool. I live on an apple orchard where we also grow a wide variety of vegetables. We use no pesticides or herbicides or fungicides on the veggies, only fertalizer. We use mainly extaordinairily safe fungicides on the apples. The “weekend farmers” at the local farmer’s markets can charge twice as much for exactly the same stuff we have because they are certified organic. Pure foolishness.

Wake up people. There is no evidence that organic is better in any way. It uses more labor and more land. We had organic farming many years ago. Do the words “peasant”, “slave”, and “famine” ring any bells?

Gee, I wonder why all the PhD’s at all the major agriculture programs at all the major universities in the country don’t promote organic??? Oh wait, I know, because it’s a bunch of BS.

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By: IAmCorbin

IAmCorbin — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:04:48 +0000

I have started eating organic some, when it’s not ridiculously more expensive.

I was just reading about genetically altered foods some and found an article I feel makes some good points on the other side of the argument:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1026723

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:52:05 +0000

I don’t buy organic, I can see why some may, but I feel there are simply better things to spend money on than expensive organic products which don’t even taste any better.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:39:59 +0000

Just another reason to start saving early. So that you’re not so poor that you can’t afford to make these choices.
Like you said, this applies in lots of situations. There are certain stores I refuse to shop at because they have treated me badly in the past. I will gladly pay more elsewhere than give them my business. I feel that in the long run that is what a free market is all about. The “best” business for the customer will win out (and best is not always lowest priced).

By: JustinAugust

JustinAugust — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:20:21 +0000

Part of why organic produce is more expensive is the inability for many famers to get subsidies on their foods like conventional farmers do.

Also remember that organic certification still allows sulphur-based pesticides to be applied.

By: seanmceligot

seanmceligot — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:12:13 +0000

I’m a herbivore, so I can tell you the cheapest way to get organic produce is to join a CSA. You pay an fee for the season directly to a farmer and they give you a variety of produce every week. They only downside is that you don’t get a choice of what you get each week. The upside is it’s cheap and fresh. You can search for one in you’re area here: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/. You may be too late for this year.