"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Organic and non-organic are the same thing. Because you really don't know if
you buy from a stupidmarket, do you?