hey, I resemble that hippy

hey, I resemble that hippy remark. ;-) OK well I am not a patchouli scented hippy but my hair comes down to my belt.

Anyway, I do buy organic stuff once in a while because yeah it is missing all the pesticides and so on. However I that is really not the reason I buy it. To me it just tastes better. Maybe it is psychological but to me it just tastes better especially fruits. For example I like to put berries in my oatmeal in the morning which I also put protein powder in my oatmeal as well so my oatmeal without berries is just a white pasty sticky flavorless goop. Well something about organic berries they just seem sweeter. And my absolute favorite treat which I might buy once a month because it is too expensive and I have to drink it quick because it won’t last long but the local whole foods store has organic oranges and then right in front of you they will put them in a press and make you fresh squeezed OJ. I tell you there is nothing that tastes this good.

As far as helping you loose weight, nah, there is nothing like that I have ever heard of. Like I said I do it purely on a taste basis.

Readers Digest

Readers Digest had an article on this a little while back.

Go Organic!

I don’t know about direct weight loss or anything like that but in my opinion organic food is one of the best things you can do for yourself or your family. I do a lot of juicing and conventional carrots just don’t taste nearly as good, I can taste the pesticides.

Take some vegetable you don’t really care for (not don’t like, just sort of don’t like) and try an organically produced one of them (for me it was celery) you may just find out that you really do like [insert previously yucky fruit/vegetable here]

One thing to watch out for is that lately the standard has changed a bit (in the USA). Previously to be labeled as organic a product had to conform to a California organic foods standard but that has changed recently and the FDA has taken over regulation of what can be called organic, and the certification standard has gotten very expensive. As a result many small producers have been forced to stop labeling their products as organic even though they are more organic than dirt (some of them don’t even use tractors). As I understand it some of the standards have been laxed a bit too (I suspect that the FDA is continuing to get input from Monsanto et. Al. on the determination of what is and what is not organic)

I try mostly to buy food from people I know. I know that it’s not always practical and I eat my share of regular grocery store produce and even the occasional pringle or candy bar (gasp), but hey it’s all about doing our best right?

indeedy Mr. Doyle:) While

indeedy Mr. Doyle:)

While the standards to be considered organic are dropping and being utterly manipulated, it is still muy important for our families and the freaking entire earth around us to stay organic. Every little stray GMO destroys the standard of the eco system of the field next door, the stream down the hill and the lake below it. Sure, the planet changes without our super touchy protection but theres no reason to change the face of a planet in a lifetime.. Especially not to line the pockets of others while we all wonder where all this darn cancer came from;)

Vote with your dollars! And, um, be healthier in the long run:) Relearn what tomatoes are supposed to taste like;) They're freaking berries for crying out loud and commercially available, sprayed into ripeness during the cross country truck drive over tomatoes generally have the flavor of tepid mealy water..

mmmmmm tomatoes!!

I've been watching mine grow for about a week outside now, right next to the basil patch.... I can't wait to start eating and preserving them with all that basil!!

For all the advancement in methods etc. we've become too far removed from the actual production of food. I think it has really led to some of the lose attitudes about nutrition and fostered a dangerous mono culture where our diversity of food has become almost non-existent (ever try to eat processed or even canned food with out any corn or corn byproduct in it, it's near impossible here in the US). What's so bad about a mono culture? Well socio-political issues aside when famines hit it's often due to the failure of a single crop, potato famine anyone? What do you suppose would happen if there were some sort of but that destroyed even 50% of the corn crop in the US.

Sorry about the mono culture rant.

Yes, organic, local, out of the back yard or the front yard, or a window box or whatever have a nice day!

-s