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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
In the video they talk a bit about organic food from China, found in the organic section of the local grocery store, and priced high like all the rest.....
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I'm not going to get into a tit for tat on the merits of organic v. conventional food.
I do know this about the meat, eggs, cheese, etc, that I purchase. The grass-fed, free range, hormone free is the best tasting and tender compared to the conventional food sold in the typical grocery stores.
Tillamook is a product that doesn't purchase the license to have the USDA Organic stamp on their packages, yet, they carry hormone free products.
There are people who monitor all of this and one time Silk's head was on the chopping block for claiming to be using non-GMO soy for their milk when it wasn't true. They have since corrected that.
I happen to know people who grow organic, and know that Whole Foods in Austin, Texas carry many local producer's goods as first choice. And, no, they don't claim their store is 100% organic on every product.
And, when conventional grown vegetables and fruit taste as good as the organic grown, I'll agree to switch. But, that's a fat chance. We grow a lot of our own pesticide-free vegetables that cost more to purchase, i.e. bell peppers, tomatoes, etc. at the grocery store.
I also can digest, no phlegm present, milk from the local dairy (we purchase through a co-op) much better than what they have at the grocery store. From the high heat of pasteurization, they destroy nutrients/vitamins and have to add it back in. It totally changes the awesome taste of milk.
So, just going by results - I don't believe most of what that video says, although, I do know that some organic growers do use pesticides claiming that they don't. A local farmer would stand on his own merits and be ousted by the community when, and I say when, he was found out.
Not clamping down on regulation with the local farmers would cause more job production in this country. I am all for that.