Comments for What's Organic http://www.whatsorganic.org in farming, food, products and the environment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on Can you say “co-opted?” by Large-scale organics aren’t oxymorons « The EcoLibertarian http://www.whatsorganic.org/2006/08/29/can-you-say-co-opted/#comment-2211 Large-scale organics aren’t oxymorons « The EcoLibertarian Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:56:48 +0000 http://www.whatsorganic.org/2006/08/29/can-you-say-co-opted/#comment-2211 [...] This is all bad (except that Aurora was caught), but I’m not buying the argument from some more extreme organic-food advocates that large-scale farming is necessarily incompatible with organic practices. [...] […] This is all bad (except that Aurora was caught), but I’m not buying the argument from some more extreme organic-food advocates that large-scale farming is necessarily incompatible with organic practices. […]

]]> Comment on Buying power by Luisa http://www.whatsorganic.org/2006/09/02/buying-power/#comment-408 Luisa Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:03:45 +0000 http://www.whatsorganic.org/2006/09/02/buying-power/#comment-408 See the New York Times article An Organic Cash Cow, By KIM SEVERSON published November 9, 2005 for a great take on an organic product and all it's complications and implications. "Milk represents all that is wholesome. Add the word organic, and the purity of milk's image only increases. But a carton of organic milk does not come without complications. It is expensive. Some brands are processed so that an unopened carton can last for months. And an organic seal does not necessarily mean the cows are grazing on pasture or that the milk is local." See the New York Times article An Organic Cash Cow, By KIM SEVERSON published November 9, 2005 for a great take on an organic product and all it’s complications and implications.

“Milk represents all that is wholesome. Add the word organic, and the purity of milk’s image only increases. But a carton of organic milk does not come without complications. It is expensive. Some brands are processed so that an unopened carton can last for months. And an organic seal does not necessarily mean the cows are grazing on pasture or that the milk is local.”

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