Frankenfoods -article

"Her Subj." wrote in message
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sorry, a response to jc's response. i am using google groups and am
limited to their style of format for posting and responding...

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wrote:
What matters to me is that you spouted a lot of nonsense,

Are you someone with credentials who has thoroughly studied the effects
of pesticides and added hormones to our foods? If not, then how is my
'nonsense' any different from yours?


People like you would rather get caught up in some emotional,
narrow interest, instead of looking at the big picture.

'People like you' generalizations over usenet are pretty ridiculous,
considering the fact that we've never had a conversation outside of
this one. When have I ever stated that my interest in organic farming
is more heated or important than my ideas on efficient healthcare and
education? Though I believe that natural and sustainable food and
nutrition can be part of the overall 'health' and 'education' system on
some level, I would generally rather see tax dollars go towards schools
and national health care if the choice had to be made.

I once read that in the US, if a neighboring farmer sprays pesticide on an
organic farmer's crops by mistake, the organic farmer is allowed to sell the
crop as organic anyway.


"Nicky" wrote in message
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It's interesting how people come to all kinds of justifications in
their own minds. Like the local farmer must not have used pesticide,
while foods marked as organic from a large company probably do. How do
you know what the local farmer does? Do you watch him? Do you test
his soil?

Don't you guys have any enforced standards? In the UK, organic farmers
regularly get their soil tested, to maintain their organic status. No
status, no sticker on the product, no price premium.

Nicky.

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Ignoramus20928 wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2005 22:33:59 +0100, Nicky wrote:

wrote in message
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It's interesting how people come to all kinds of justifications in
their own minds. Like the local farmer must not have used pesticide,
while foods marked as organic from a large company probably do. How do
you know what the local farmer does? Do you watch him? Do you test
his soil?

Don't you guys have any enforced standards? In the UK, organic farmers
regularly get their soil tested, to maintain their organic status. No
status, no sticker on the product, no price premium.

As far as I understand, trader4 talked about a misconception that
local farmers are somehow better than non-local farmers. trader4 did
not talk about standards of organic food.

Here in the US, we do have some standards, but, in fact, organic food
does not mean what many people think it is.

In the US organic farms are allowed to use, and typically do use,
"organic" pesticides -- including pyrethin, rotenone, and copper
sulfate.

Commercial farming uses chemical pesticides that break down in several
days of sunlight and water, and typically leave no measurable residue
by harvest. This cannot be said for the above pesticides used by
organic farms.

Also, organic produce that grows at ground level, like lettuce,
has frequently been found to be contaminated with E coli from
improperly cured manure.

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jamie )

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