https://aeon.co/essays/is-sustainability-sold-at-supermarkets-or-farmers-markets
quite rather most of the âmediaâ organic hoopla is utter BS.
âorganicâ is about what is NOT on your food.
from a âhealthâ perspective.
organic growing methods from a âtake care of the earthâ tree hugging perspective is a completely different question.
take any heirloom tomato that happens to be - it can be grown organic or non-organic.
multiple thousands of tests, articles, citations, etc. maintain taste wise there no difference.
multiple thousands of tests, articles, citations, etc. maintain there is no nutritional difference.
my opinion, true. but the lack of a long list of unpronounceable indecipherable chemical compounds used as âpesticidesâ and residual on the crop could affect your health.
last week I made chili. bit late for garden tomatoes, so I bought some organic on-the-vine tomatoes at the store - because they were the best looking of the lot on offer, thatâs whyâŚ
the skins were thick as buffalo hide. tough, flavorless, really really bad. so bad I put a note in my recipe file: out of season use canned tomato.
local? curiously and to my surprise - from an organic grower about 30 miles from my front door.
local does not automatically mean âbetterâ - I except from that statement stuff I grow within 50 feet of my back doorâŚ
and whether local does mean better there can be quality issues.
when sweet corn is in season, I have a favorite farm stand. you have to be there before noon - otherwise youâll find âitâs all gone.â they pick their corn every morning, the sap is still dripping off the stem ends of the ears. other farm stands I find dried up stems, kernels that wonât pop - wretched stuff picked last season methinks . . .
Iâve never been sold on commercial organic foods. Itâs one thing to grow your food in your back yard and know what went into caring for your crops. Organophosphates are commonly used and can be some of the most toxic poisons around. Think Sarin. Not saying sarin is used, just that the class of poisons allowed that are organic would scare the crap out of you
after commercial interests discovered âorganicâ there was no âlist of allowedâ stuff.
now, to be labeled âorganicâ there are government âregulationsâ - which you can be assured are followed to the letter. right.
the list of âallowedâ chemicals for âorganicâ does not include âclasses of poisonsâ or in fact classes of anything. the list is item by item specific.
not that I agree with most of the list, but just keeping things honestâŚ
Whenever I can I choose to buy certified organic fruit and vegetables and organic (or free range) meat. Itâs about caring for the environment - in terms of this thread, yes, thatâs a romantic consideration and one I am entirely content with.
The EU also has much stricter guidelines as to what can and cannot be called âcertified organicâ, compared to the US.