Anyone Organic?

[Karen]

Beeniesmom, The hormones they inject in cows is just the tip of the ice burg. Check out Food Inc. and The Future of Food. They are very informative documentaries!

Lillycat, I applaud you for not eating meat! I am still having a very difficult time giving up meat. Although I eat grass-fed beef I still don't like the fact that it stays in your gut for so long and I'd like to stop. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Do not believe everything you see. Even films that label themselves 'documentaries" have an agenda, and are rarely unbiased. Beef does not "stay in your gut" any more than any other food, that's just propaganda by folks who want to sell you something. Your digestive tract either works or it doesn't, and it does not contain any holding cells or waiting rooms.

[Puckstop31]

Do not believe everything you see. Even films that label themselves 'documentaries" have an agenda, and are rarely unbiased. Beef does not "stay in your gut" any more than any other food, that's just propaganda by folks who want to sell you something. Your digestive tract either works or it doesn't, and it does not contain any holding cells or waiting rooms.

+1

I grew up on a dairy farm. I LOL, HUGE at the "documentaries" about 'factory farms', etc.

I get wanting to eat healthy. We eat healthy. My wife has lost about 80 lbs, i have lost 40. We feel better than we ever have.... Not a lot of 'organic' labeled BS in our diet.... Eat 'organic' if you want to, but you are just paying more money for the same food.

Just because its on TV or the internet, does not make it true. I highly suggest everyone learn how to read actual books, from multiple sources before forming a life changing opinion.

Just my $.02

[kitten645]

Google Alice Waters. Pioneer and a hero in my eyes. Buy local. Eat fresh and seasonal. Food Inc is an eye opener.

[Lady's Human]

Eat fresh and seasonal makes a nice soundbite.

Easy to do in some areas, impossible in others, and completely needless.

Easy to complain about the current farming system, but do you see it beyond the books and "documentaries"?

Which is more environmentally friendly? Farm raised fish from Chile sold worldwide, or cod from George's bank in the Atlantic?

[lute]

WOW! I'm shocked at all the negative here. This use to be such a happy place!

I don't only get my info from documentaries. That is just what I chose to talk about. I eat organic and have found a HUGE change in the way food tastes and my body is in better 'working order' than ever before. You may not be in the know about EVERYTHING, to totally bash me for my beliefs is just mean. Maybe you should eat organic, you might have a better mood.

Oh, I would choose a local fisherman's fish way before a fish farm!

Just because there are "regulations" on how much unnatural chemicals and whatnot they can put in food, doesn't make it ok. I have been to a factory farm in Texas. It was the saddest place I'd ever been. The cattle there were nothing like the cattle anywhere else. I've never seen so many animals wish they were dead.

[Lady's Human]

WOW! I'm shocked at all the negative here. This use to be such a happy place!

I don't only get my info from documentaries. That is just what I chose to talk about. I eat organic and have found a HUGE change in the way food tastes and my body is in better 'working order' than ever before. You may not be in the know about EVERYTHING, to totally bash me for my beliefs is just mean. Maybe you should eat organic, you might have a better mood.

Oh, I would choose a local fisherman's fish way before a fish farm!

Just because there are "regulations" on how much unnatural chemicals and whatnot they can put in food, doesn't make it ok. I have been to a factory farm in Texas. It was the saddest place I'd ever been. The cattle there were nothing like the cattle anywhere else. I've never seen so many animals wish they were dead.

If you were REALLY concerned about the environment, you'd take the farmed salmon over free caught cod for a number of reasons, first and foremost the damage to the ocean floor done by otter trawls.

I didn't see anyone bashed for their beliefs, I just saw several comments asking you to do a little more critical analysis of what you're basing your decisions on.

I spent quite a bit of time in Tx, all of the cattle I saw were free range. We frequently had to halt training due to cattle using the training areas for grazing.

The cattle across the street from my house seem quite content. The dairy herds around here seem fine as well. Frankly, I don't want a truly "naturally raised" cow or pig, I prefer modern amenities such as not worrying about trichinosis from badly raised or poorly prepared pork, to use one example.

[Karen]

Lute, I don't see any negativity here, just differing opinions!