On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:02:09 -0400, Stan Horwitz >
connected the dots and wrote:

~The idea is that organic foods are supposed to be healthier than
~"inorganic" foods. I won't enter into a debate about the truth or
~falsity of that claim because I am not well informed on that subject.
The health aspects involve the amount of pesticides and insecticides
left on the produce, or in the meat, after it's been processed or
picked. Washing produce prior to eating it (a vinegar rinse or
hydrogen peroxide spray) removes most traces of the chemicals left, as
well as inactivating some of the bacteria. The amount of runoff from
the regular produce fields is of more concern to me than the
leftovers.

Non-organic farm animals, OTOH, scare me to bits. Not just the
methods used to get that perfectly marbled meat or those outsized
parts, but the treatment of the animals during their short lives.
Residual hormones and antibiotics are a major concern for me and my
family.

~Be that as it may, each Whole Foods store has a pamphlet that
explains
~the standards the store's buyers use for judging organic foods. I
have
~no idea how closely Whole Foods actually follows there own standards.
As far as they go, they do follow their standards, but there are of
course other standards that make WF's look like savagers of the
planet.

~Quite frankly, I just enjoy shopping there. The meats at Whole Foods
are
~awesome and they really know how to do customer service. What's more,
~for some reason, very attractive women seem to shop there.
~Unfortunately, those women always seem to be with a significant
other!

You're going there at the wrong time of day. Find out when the other
local supermarkets do their "single's nights", and go to WF then.
That's when the singles do their shopping<G>

maxine in ri, who used to shop after midnight when she was single