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Posted by: Neophile 2 years, 7 months agoOrganic food has take criticism lately, because a portion is flowing from overseas. The reason: Not enough American farms are growing organic crops and fewer still are converting, so demand is exceeding supply. With the Farm Bill, attempts are underway to address that problem.
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rightfromwrong
June 28, 2007, 8:29 a.m.me too. I don't trust them at all. Look at the pet food or the
bibs with lead in them.
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GregD
June 28, 2007, 8:52 a.m.The thing about your organic food is that you have to shop at a store that you trust and one that, preferably, just does organic, like a local co-op.
The place where we shop asks questions about everything that they carry. They don't just take the vendors word for it either, they will actually research all of the products. In other words, you'll never catch them carrying "organic" broccoli from China..
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Rayman
June 28, 2007, 10:08 a.m.ENOUGH already with "made in China" cheap & deadly products! Corporate greed like Wal-Mart and others are exploiting 'Chinese slave labor' to maximize profits. When are we going to STOP this import insanity at the expense of American lives & their pets? BOYCOTT goods from China!
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runningspirit
June 28, 2007, 10:21 a.m.Look when I was kid all of my toys that said made in China were broke or defective anyway in no time at all. Why should the food be any more quality?
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WCFIELDS
June 28, 2007, 10:29 a.m.Tax money for organic farmers? HA! What will the "Onion" think of next?! HA! These guys are a Riot! I love this Humor section!
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scabbio
June 28, 2007, 2:53 p.m.organic food exists because of posh whoop dee doos that run around wegmans trying to get attention through their classy culinary choices.
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eugenegerard
June 28, 2007, 4:02 p.m.Every statement you have made except wanting to make money is incorrect. Profit is always a motive. If you understood the damage the chemicals sprayed on plants do to all you would be stunned. Instead you will probably die from cancer or diabetes.
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ecotourusa
June 28, 2007, 5:46 p.m.well, I agree that organic is more expensive. but, the process is more labor intensive.
regarding this point: "Research has proven time and time again that conventional grown food is just as nutritious as organic grown food."
vieamie-
i disagree with you 100%. I focus on organic whenever possible. and I know I am more fit and youthful with natural blonde haircolor, 19% bmi, etc. than most people I know, who are my age. I attribute it to organic food consumption. which is by far more healthy than mass production. the proof is in the pudding!
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evelyna
June 28, 2007, 11:14 a.m.The long term effects of chemicals(espeacially on developing children) is profound.
Cancer does not occur overnight it is a progressive disease.
Anything people can do to prevent the disease is helpful.
If you want to play diet roulette move to mexico and eat a e-colli taco seasoned with hypatitis peepee.
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innocent-bystander
June 28, 2007, 11:22 a.m.I put in a well in the back. I'm saving for solar panels. I'm growing lemons, apples, oranges, carrots, broccoli, zuccini, tomatoes, watermelon, pumpkin and corn. I have Rosemary and am looking for a Bay tree.
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ftrobaugh
June 28, 2007, 1:05 p.m.BEIJING: China's grim product safety record took another hit Wednesday, with Japanese importers recalling toothpaste containing a chemical used in antifreeze รข;; just after a U.S. company accused its Chinese partner of supplying faulty tires.
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Sludge-Guzzler
June 28, 2007, 1:13 p.m.Yuck! I hate Broccoli and those midget brains called Brussels Sprouts.
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droid3913
June 28, 2007, 2:09 p.m.Whatever happen the to the great farmers on planet Earth, The American Farmer!
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eugenegerard
June 28, 2007, 3:54 p.m.This story is corporate garbage. We can't grow it here. Bologna.Giant corporations haved lobbied and recieved from the criminal repug congress loosened definitions of what makes food organic. The organic food industry lobbied for years to get a strict definition for organic labeling so that growing organic would be worthwhile. The repugs bowed to giant corporate pressure and screwed up the standards for organic so they could bypass the strict rules. Don't believe we can't grow broccoli here. This country had the best farm system in the world.
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nitetimeusa
June 28, 2007, 5:41 p.m.I think all China's cheap ****** should be ban,matter of fact all of it!
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nanheyangrouchuan
June 28, 2007, 6:18 p.m.nothing from China is any good, we should ban all imports from China. Look how polluted and rotten that country has become, the only thing the gov't has done with that new wealth is create alot of new weapons to take more territory from its neighbors, burn Japan and humiliate the US.
There are 100 much poorer, more deserving countries that would do more productive things with outsourcing than bad, bad china.
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xlegultx
June 29, 2007, 11:04 a.m.I almost want to see a news headline saying a person died from broccoli so then I can finally use the excuse that broccoli and toxic and never eat another piece of that stuff again.
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