"Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective

[BronxBoy]

124. I think the reason for the difference in taste......

is that many local farmers. organic or otherwise, tend to use seedstock that has not been bred primarily for the purposes of storage and transportation. In many cases we select cultivars for planting based on taste, yields and other things

To be honest, I have no problems with someone who disagrees that organics are not better for you. I know many people, including many farmers, who are not sold on the concept for a variety of reasons and the people I respect tend to disagree and what they feel are sound reasons. In most cases, we tend to agree to disagree

What gets my back up are people who just make these blanket smears against people toiling in this area. There's a poster in this very thread who, without knowing me or what I stand for, has said I am not liberal or progressive and that organic farmers are pretty much scum sucking latte hippies.

Of course, he doesn't know what he's talking about