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post #16 of 25
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Originally Posted by robertorex View Post
youngscientist raises some good points, but after seeing some documentaries on factory farming I now have the desire to avoid its products whenever possible.

No doupt. Me too, we just need a middle (well probably a little further from factory farming than the middle) way.
post #17 of 25
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Originally Posted by kwilkinson View Post
I get the evolution to produce round-up for plant safety and yields.... and then they produced round-up ready crops to survive round up. That makes sense. But now they have started producing crops that can't survive without round-up? Sheesh.

All that shit is pretty bad, but not the worst.

I was working at a farm science place over the summer (I thought it would be dull, turned out to be interesting) anyway they were paid by an agrochemical company to test one of their fungicides which had stopped working as a fungicide because the fungi were all immune to find any way in which it improved yield so they could market it for that. They had developed this chemical and they were damned if they were not getting people to pay to put in on their fields for something.
post #18 of 25
I don't really go out of my way to buy organic stuff; it's just hard to avoid living in San Francisco and shopping at the most convenient market to me: Whole Foods.
post #19 of 25
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post #20 of 25
Have been buying bio/organic/farmer's for the last couple of years, mostly because there's a significant quality difference in the products I use. Tomatoes is but one great example.
post #21 of 25
I buy what I like, if it turns out to be organic farming/sustainable, great, if not, fux it. It turns out that things like veggies/fruits I never buy in a supermarket so when I buy the stuff it's from farmers, meats are essentially organic, but I am not some hairy smelly hippy buying stuff like organic soap and shit from them.
post #22 of 25
My problem with CSA is that you might end up with 15 pounds of plums one week. I like plums and all, but don't want 15 pounds. My office is right by the best farmers market in NYC so I can pretty easily source the freshest, seasonal produce and fish. Yesterday: broiled asparagus and soft boiled eggs with parmesan over fresh sourdough. Yum.
post #23 of 25
Honest answer is that I have no idea if I support that stuff or not.

I like food. I like eating. I like trying new things.

I really am looking for value. If I can get a tomato that tastes twice as good, and it is only a little bit more expensive. . . I'll buy it every time. If it is twice as expensive, I probably won't buy it as often. Only when I need really good tomatoes for something special.

I've also been screwed an awful lot by crap labeled "organic" or whatever. It cost more and tasted worse.

When I was living in the US, I always liked going to farmer's markets because they usually had the best stuff, no matter whether it was organic or not. I can recall buying huge bags of rosemary, basil, etc for a few dollars, and it had the most amazing flavor. Or buying really high quality vegetables, etc. Also, there was a guy that specialized in "game" meats. He would have amazing rabbit, deer, duck, etc (farmed and foreign species, not US game species, so it was legal).

Living where I live now, I am incredibly lucky because many things are always fresh and available, and are priced really well.

So, I'm not sure. From the pure viewpoint of this consumer. . . I want the best food for my money. It is all about value for me.
post #24 of 25
I like getting tomatoes year round, but I think everyone with half a brain can attest that home-grown (or whatever other foofy word or acronym you want to use) taste a lot better. They were engineered to taste great, not to survive weeks in a box or refridgerated truck.
post #25 of 25
If it makes better food, then yes. I have no idea about the various green/anti-green claims, and would not know how to evaluate them in any case.
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