JimLane wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > Peter Aitken wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"JimLane" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >>>Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Peter Aitken wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>You really don't know the point of organic? There are three:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>1) Not eating insecticides, fungicides, and other chemicals that may
> >>>>>cause
> >>>>>problems.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2) Letting farmworkers do their job without exposure to poisons.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>3) Reducing the environmental harm done by insecticides, fungicides,
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>>>fertilizer runoff.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>In the grand scheme of things I really don't care about any of that
> >>>>stuff...it's akin to the "Recycling is GOOD" mantra that a lot of folx
> >>>>buy
> >>>>into...
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>And you seem to be akin to the "screw the earth, I won't be around to
> >
> > see
> >
> >>>the repercussions of the fuc+ked up earth I'll leave to my grand kids."
> >>>
> >>
> >>If organic were cheaper he would buy it, I bet. Cheapness and
selfishness
> >>are the operative words here.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've never noticed any diff between the "organic" stuff and the regular
> > purveyed at the average soopermart, if I want really good produce I'll
visit
> > the local farmer's market in season or go to an ethnic or greengrocer
who
> > carries very good produce...in any case you can bet I won't be visiting
some
> > yuppie rip - off joint like Whole Foods. Unless y'all offer to pay, that
is
> > :-)
> >
> > As for "cheapness", I really don't cotton to the idear of spending even
> > *more* of my food budget to "save the planet" or whatever...I ain't Paul
> > Ehrlich. Spending 25+% for my produce ain't gonna make a dent in the
> > world's problems...
> >
> > If "organic" were the same price, then no problemo. But it isn't...
> >
>
> What part of a flood starting one rain drop at a time don't you
understand?
>


So buying non - "organic" produce causes floods, is that it, eh?

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Best
Greg