Guardian readers have no sense of irony. • Page 3

Khanivor 29 Jan 2009 19:27:53 44,800 posts
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skuzzbag wrote:
Yes we do too it's called organic and it's a growing industry that is strictly controlled so that each farmer producing gets their organic certification.

Which they pay for. Absolutely zero interest in the accreditation agencies passing farms. It's not like it's their main revenue stream or anything.

skuzzbag wrote:
They don't have to do much to be put out of business such as the wrong fertiliser or ground contamination.

But as long as they use the right fertilisers and so on, they are cool.

Organic food is exactly the same food as the other stuff, just a hell of a lot more wasteful and expensive. Stuff that is grown locally is going to taste better than something transported from afar, even if that transported food is 'organic'.

Organic as a label is - to me - indicative of the understanding knowledge of its target audience. It's even worse than calling something 'natural'.

SirScratchalot 29 Jan 2009 19:39:35 7,921 posts
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Not quite true, organic stuff is likely to be plants expressing shitloads of toxins because those are the kinds that grow best without spraying.

Khanivor 29 Jan 2009 19:42:24 44,800 posts
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So the true organic bit is the shit that they put out and that grows on them that can kill things? Awesome.

Evidently the apple farmers are the best when it comes to paying the Soil Association:
If a farmer has a problem with a disease in apple trees called bitter pit, they can use calcium chloride, but under no other circumstances.

Metalfish 29 Jan 2009 20:08:02 9,191 posts
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Skuzz, actually read the link you posted, it's reasonable enough.

While I state that I'm pro GM, it doesn't mean I'm against organic food. I think it's selfish wasteful and a con that places on peoples ignorance, but I'm not against it

(It has a stupid name though, I propose we call it hippy-tax certified food).

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