Mark Thorson wrote:
> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>> This is rich:
>>
>> "[Stewart] Parnell sat stiffly, his hands folded in his lap at the
>> witness table, as Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., held up a clear jar of his
>> company's products wrapped in crime scene tape and asked him if he
>> would be willing to eat the food."
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/...nella_outbreak
>>
>> I want to hurt him.
>
> More interesting to me is this sentence:
>
> "She testified that Peanut Corp. officials said they believed the
> salmonella came from organic Chinese peanuts."
>
> That seems like a plausible theory to me. China has recently
> emerged as the largest producer of peanuts. "Organic" in Chinese
> means "we can't afford chemicals and we use manure for fertilizer".
> (If you're lucky, it'll be animal manure.)

Still...

I have pondered the meaning of organic for a long time--and the
what it means when the organic produce (and non-organic produce)
comes from certain areas of the world.

--
Jean B.