When your college-age child reminds you that your superstore foods are ‘dead’ and that you are simply supporting government-subsidized monoculture farming practices, what do you do? Is the answer ‘natural and organic food’…but what does this mean, and what would you get if you convert to it? When does a difference matter? Who has not been delighted in a shopping visit when you read one packet where ‘free range chickens’ have been ‘sustainably farmed’, while the other packet simply shows the price and pound details for what must be the ‘alternative chicken’ produced by economic farming and mass distribution means? How does one select? Does the carton showing cheerful cows grazing on lush pasture settings together with the words ‘ organic food’ make you stop, think and buy? And what about the buyer’s quandary when one kind of organic milk differentiates itself from rival organic milks as the milk is ultrapasteurized…and in the same food case another organic ‘raw’ milk claims that it’s better for you, fresher as it has not undergone any pasteurization? What’s Meant By Natural And Organic Food? For one, natural and organic food actually now means massive business, with producer networks extending from Argentina to Calgary to California and beyond, with several thousand shops, and a market valuation guestimated at $11 bn.. * The Packing Story . No other food segment grows sales as swiftly as organic food. The story-line showed on organic food packing magically creates adolescence bed time stories, where peacefully bovine animals pass their lives away on wonderful farm pastoral settings. [Read more...]
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When your college-age child reminds you that your superstore foods are ‘dead’ and that you are simply supporting government-subsidized monoculture farming practices, what do you do? Is the answer ‘natural and organic food’…but what does this mean, and what would you get if you convert to it? When does a difference matter? Who has not been tickled in a shopping visit when you read one packet where ‘free range chickens’ have been ‘sustainably farmed’, while the other packet simply shows the price and pound details for what must be the ‘alternative chicken’ produced by economic farming and mass distribution means? How does one select? Is another ‘chicken’ than the other? Does the carton showing contented cows grazing on lush pasture settings with the words ‘ organic food’ make you stop, think and buy? And what about the buyer’s quandary when one kind of organic milk differentiates itself from rival organic milks as the milk is ultrapasteurized…and in the same food case another organic ‘raw’ milk claims that it’s better for you, fresher as it has not undergone any pasteurization? For one, natural and organic food definitely now means massive business, with producer networks extending from Argentina to Calgary to California and beyond, with many thousands of stores, and a market valuation guestimated at $11 bn.. No other food segment grows sales as speedily as organic food. * The Packing Account . You suspect ‘hmmm these must be safe foods, interacting with Mummy Earth’ and so you purchase more in a mood of culture refusal of modernity and Gigantic Agribusiness interests. [Read more...]
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The anti-organic food crowd would have folks accept that organic food is pointless and frittering away time, space, and cash. Many folks wish to know if there are health benefits from eating organic food and whether natural farming is all an enormous lie. Those that live an organic way of living would prefer to burn at the stake than eat anything that was not at least 95% organic. So what do you do you live the organic life-style or continue on non organic food? The term ”Organic’ ‘ means different things in different nations as it is up to the country to choose what the rules and laws will be. For example, if one was to taste a tomato grown utterly organic vs one grown inorganically, you would notice a much firmer skin, juicier within, and sweeter taste. Irrespective of what kind of food, all organic food has a miles better flavour since it’s not been changed with chemicals. The most blatant advantage to selecting organic food is the safety factor.
