"Dave" > wrote in message
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> rick wrote:
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>> >> How do I know? because I know the farmer that is raising
>> >> them.
>> >> I can drive by and see them in the fields anytime I like.
>> >> I
>> >> know
>> >> how he raises them.
>> >> Not really. Organic does not mean pesticide free dave.
>> >
>> > No but organic standards do impose restrictions on the range
>> > of chemicals that may be used and also on the circumstances
>> > under which they may be used. Also just because organic does
>> > not
>> > mean *cide free and you don't know any farms who grow
>> > *cide free veggies does not mean *cide free veggies do not
>> > exist.
>> ====================
>> I can assure you they are more rare than grass-fed beef and
>> free-range eggs.
>
> Sure, you can get grass fed beef in my country, although a
> portion
> of this is almost certainly hay and sileage since our climate
> is not
> really warm enough for high quality, fresh grass, year round.
> Also
> there is no such thing as a grass fed label. You can not walk
> down
> the meat aisle of any supermarket I am aware of and purchase
> beef labelled as grass-fed. You have to purchase direct from
> the farm.
> I don't believe they are any easier to get hold of than *cide
> free
> veggies.
>
>> Organic pesticides are not less toxic, and have fewer
>> restrictions on them than synthetic ones.
>
> Who told you that?
http://www.cgfi.org/materials/key_pu...oxic_Tools.pdf
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