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Sat Jan-19-08 10:12 PM
Response to Reply #21 |
| -Dear Grocery Chains ..... Kiss My Organic Ass (non campaign rant) |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-19-08 09:33 PM |
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It's a fad. |
water |
Jan-19-08 09:35 PM |
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Do you worry about health issues? |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 09:38 PM |
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Thanks for the welcome! |
water |
Jan-19-08 09:42 PM |
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I have faith in human science... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 09:44 PM |
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It's not the science, it's what food conglomerates know they |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 09:50 PM |
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There's lots of confusion about "Organic" labels |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 09:56 PM |
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Amen. |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:04 PM |
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I eat lots of fresh produce, but I worry about what's on it. |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 10:14 PM |
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I see your point |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:23 PM |
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I think they go hand in hand |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:23 PM |
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its currently -2 degrees here, what grows in this season??? |
LSK |
Jan-19-08 10:46 PM |
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Frostbite? |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:48 PM |
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8-6 Lives |
Crisco |
Jan-20-08 09:31 AM |
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True, true. |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 10:12 PM |
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Faith In Human Science Is Misplaced When the #1 Motive Is Profits |
Crisco |
Jan-20-08 09:29 AM |
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Do it a bit at a time |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 09:43 PM |
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It isn't a "status item" |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 09:43 PM |
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I am in incredibly good shape! I walk and take the bus everywhere I go... |
water |
Jan-19-08 09:45 PM |
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There's definitely lots of "trash food" |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 09:49 PM |
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That's utter nonsense. You clearly don't know what you're talking about. |
dicksteele |
Jan-20-08 09:37 AM |
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Organic isn't the problem, corporations are |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 09:47 PM |
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Here is a problem with getting the government involved... |
water |
Jan-19-08 09:53 PM |
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One of the many, many reasons we need a Dem in office |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 09:58 PM |
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The truth is... |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:01 PM |
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If it wasn't for Govment regulations... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:04 PM |
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There usually aren't competing tap water providers, for a variety of reasons. |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:08 PM |
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The demand is there and "the market" has failed |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:17 PM |
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Better way to spend taxes: Getting out of Iraq while implementing food labeling... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:18 PM |
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Food, period, should be one of our biggest taxspending priorities |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:12 PM |
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And you think that government regulations would lower food prices for them? |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:17 PM |
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I'm confused here... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:54 PM |
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That's an awful big load of re-labeled Libertarianism you're selling. I ain't buying it. |
dicksteele |
Jan-20-08 09:36 AM |
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I wonder about that, too. |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 09:54 PM |
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I am still learning myself |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:14 PM |
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No doubt |
DaveTheWave |
Jan-19-08 09:37 PM |
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They conjur up images of Farmer Brown and his wife to make you feel good. |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-19-08 09:41 PM |
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Sure enough |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 09:52 PM |
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Marketing, marketing, marketing |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:13 PM |
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Yep. Government labeling is a joke. |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:23 PM |
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Corporate labeling is a joke |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:30 PM |
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Wouldn't you rather it not be dependent upon who is in office? |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:32 PM |
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It shouldn't depend upon... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:38 PM |
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Oh dear god I remember the "fat free" BS |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 10:26 PM |
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It is outrageous. People can fight back by growing a few things |
durrrty libby |
Jan-19-08 09:38 PM |
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And a couple of tomato plants in pots is do-able. n/t |
madeline_con |
Jan-19-08 09:39 PM |
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Here here |
Chovexani |
Jan-19-08 09:38 PM |
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i plant my own parsley, |
pansypoo53219 |
Jan-19-08 09:40 PM |
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The label "organic" is a marketing ploy, nothing more. |
alarimer |
Jan-19-08 09:53 PM |
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I saw Pollan speak the other night... |
XemaSab |
Jan-20-08 02:47 AM |
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it was an eye-opening book for me |
alarimer |
Jan-20-08 09:21 AM |
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In the question and answer session someone basically asked him that |
XemaSab |
Jan-20-08 12:47 PM |
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Lots of Freepish replies in this thread... I am surprised... |
ReverendDeuce |
Jan-19-08 10:01 PM |
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You nailed it with the "freepish replies"... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:03 PM |
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Here, here! |
AZBlue |
Jan-19-08 10:55 PM |
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So buy the cheap stuff. The process to be... |
TreasonousBastard |
Jan-19-08 10:12 PM |
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Tell ya what ....... |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-19-08 10:17 PM |
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I know about the recently loosened standards for labelling... |
TreasonousBastard |
Jan-20-08 12:05 PM |
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My hubby works for a supermarket, and I jsut asked him is they |
napi21 |
Jan-19-08 10:14 PM |
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Exactly. |
water |
Jan-19-08 10:21 PM |
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Contain fewer vitamins... |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-19-08 10:40 PM |
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I don't doubt that the organic foods are better. I had a rib roast for |
napi21 |
Jan-19-08 11:08 PM |
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That sounds like corporate propaganda: real organic food has more vitamines |
SpiralHawk |
Jan-20-08 09:01 AM |
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Your nutritional training? |
flvegan |
Jan-19-08 10:16 PM |
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Who's talking nutrition? I'm talking marketing. |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-19-08 10:27 PM |
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Indeed. So again, your nutritional training? |
flvegan |
Jan-19-08 10:40 PM |
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Do you have an actual point or are you just consumed with starting something? |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-19-08 11:18 PM |
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Like I said, Sparky |
flvegan |
Jan-19-08 11:38 PM |
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Crickets are good too, though. |
flvegan |
Jan-20-08 12:59 AM |
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Demanding an immediate response... |
Dorian Gray |
Jan-20-08 08:05 AM |
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His reply was completely disingenuous |
Husb2Sparkly |
Jan-20-08 09:04 AM |
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This is the weirdest post on this thread |
JanMichael |
Jan-20-08 08:15 AM |
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Safeway grossly overprices their organic items. Pretty much any non-sale items, really. |
LeftyMom |
Jan-19-08 10:16 PM |
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Really? Here it's just the opposite - Safeway's got some of the best buys on organic. |
AZBlue |
Jan-19-08 10:56 PM |
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Our local food co-op is non-profit and part of a larger buying group. |
LeftyMom |
Jan-19-08 11:01 PM |
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Don't shop at Safeway. |
Gormy Cuss |
Jan-19-08 10:18 PM |
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You are so right! |
quantessd |
Jan-20-08 02:17 AM |
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"Gourmet" foods were high markup items for special occasions or for ethnic cooking |
Gormy Cuss |
Jan-20-08 09:38 AM |
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Grow your own parsley! Much cheaper. |
icymist |
Jan-19-08 10:27 PM |
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I do believe that supply and demand will even things out. |
quantessd |
Jan-19-08 11:47 PM |
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If you like eating fruits and vegetables laden with pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers... |
MiltonF |
Jan-20-08 12:12 AM |
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Recently I ate at the Whole Foods Store buffet. |
johnaries |
Jan-20-08 12:23 AM |
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Whole Foods is a rip off. n/t |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-20-08 09:40 AM |
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Unless YOU grow it or you personally know the grower, you are probably wasting your money |
SoCalDem |
Jan-20-08 12:26 AM |
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I always have to wonder if it is labeled Organic, but is actually *GMF....... |
MagickMuffin |
Jan-20-08 07:55 AM |
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Word! You have no idea what's in there anyway. |
robbedvoter |
Jan-20-08 08:00 AM |
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I Don't Recommend Buying Organics At Conventional Supermarkets |
Crisco |
Jan-20-08 09:26 AM |
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I think the Farmer's Market has the best. And they cut out the middle |
cutlassmama |
Jan-20-08 06:54 PM |
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Fair trade organic |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Jan-20-08 09:36 AM |
#81 |
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