On Feb 12, 11:52*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> 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.
>
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> Jean B.- Hide quoted text -
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Off topic, but I want to know what fashion and home designers mean
when they say a design is very organic. Huh?

N.