Category: organic
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Organic
I heard something today that I had to say something about. There was a person on a cooking program and they were talking about cooking venison and they ended by saying that the best thing about venison was that it was organic by definition. This really proves to me that the food consuming public has…
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Organic
Interesting opinion piece on organic food.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.charlotte.com/409/story/319543.html">NO: Foods from large-scale farms are just as safe, less costly</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Public interest in the environment is increasing, and the news is full of stories about food safety. Those developments have led many to push for a return to small organic farms.<br />n<br />nSuch farms do…
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Overstated
<a href="http://www.health24.com/dietnfood/Food_journey/15-2052-2946,13706.asp">Organic claims often overstated</a><br />n<br />nAnybody who has read here long know that I am a fan of good wholesome food. That does not mean I support organic food though. I don't see anything special about it. The article I linked states that organic food does decrease the chemical load we take in. Two…
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I Missed The Memo
I tell you what, I've obviously missed some memo somewhere.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>It comes as no surprise to anyone that the number of organic farms is booming to meet consumer demand for healthy food. </blockquote><br />n<br />nThis is the opening sentence in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/10/news/business/50-cowfeed.txt">this article</a>. When did the decision come about that organic=healthy? <br />n<br />n<blockquote>organic-…
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Expensive Burger
I occasionally read stories about expensive hamburgers and they astound me. Here's another one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Jakarta-hotel-puts-110-burger-on-menu/2006/12/19/1166290520313.html" >Jakarta hotel puts $110 burger on menu</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.<br />n<br />nThe $US110 ($A141.27) hamburger offered…
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Eating Organic
<center><img width='550' height='352' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/organic_caveman.gif' alt='' /></center><br />n<br />nI found this over at <a href="http://www.consumerfreedom.com/cartoons.cfm">The Center for Consumer Freedom</a> and couldn't resist.<br />n<br />
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Organic Or Not
Hat tip to <a href="http://www.sfolife.net/?p=2121">Randy</a> for this one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://retail.seekingalpha.com/article/20688" >Wal-Mart's Organic Food Initiative: A Case of Hippie Capitalism Gone Awry?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Wal-Mart (WMT) has run afoul for potentially misrepresenting non-organic food as organic. Much skepticism about Wal-Mart’s true commitment to organic and whole foods greeted Wal-Mart’s original announcement that they are embracing the…
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People Need To Think
<a href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610040332" >'Organic' doesn't mean safer or more nutritious</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>It's a bad moment for believers in the mystical wonders of organic and natural foods. Deadly E. coli bacteria, lurking in spinach from one of the biggest organic farms in America, just killed one woman and hospitalized at least 29 other people with kidney failure.…
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Organic Beef
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/25/news/wyoming/20-organic-beef.txt">Rancher has stake in organic beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cattle rancher Rod Morrison doesn't want to just sell you a steak.<br />n<br />nRather, he wants to sell you a choice cut of organic beef, letting you pick which ranch in the Bighorn Basin it came from. And he wants to let you make the purchase without…