Organic guilt
9th September 2010
Eric Raymond spills his guts.
Ah, but then came the deadly disclaimers. “VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE NO GMOs NO TRANS FAT.” and “We support local and fair-trade sources growing certified organic, transitional, and pesticide-free products.” Aaaarrrgggh! Suddenly my lovely potential snack was covered with an evil-smelling miasma of diet-faddery, sanctimony, political correctness, and just plain nonsense. This, I find, is a chronic problem with buying “organic”.
The problem is, every time I buy “organic”, I feel like I’m sending a reinforcement to several different forms of vicious stupidity, beginning with the term “organic” itself. Duh! Actually, all food is “organic”; the term just means “chemistry based on carbon chains”.
September 10th, 2010 at 08:44
‘Actually, all food is “organic”; the term just means “chemistry based on carbon chains”.’
It’s worse than that. When they refer to organic farming, they mean farming without the use of carbon-based chemicals.
September 10th, 2010 at 10:43
Worked with a guy who raised sheep on a little farm and sold “organic” lamb that he shipped to NYC. He got a 50% better price that way. I asked him what the difference was between his sheep and any other. “Nothing, but there are people convinced that the other lamb sold in stores was raised on petroleum.”
Suckers are born every minute.