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71. I believe most pro-organic arguments are bullshit.

Thu Apr 16, 2015, 08:51 PM

Apr 2015

There are numerous studies and tests done, for instance, that show organics don't taste better (most people eating them can't tell the difference), organcs aren't healthier or more nutritious, et cetera.

However, when they're reasonably priced, I go organic. Why? Better for the environment. Fewer pesticides is good for the environment; fewer petroleum-based fertilizer is good for the environment. We all have to share this muddy rock, and I'd like to share it with bees and with as few algae blooms as possible.

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Consumers buying more organic products, new data show [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

More products are actually being labeled. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #1

Why do you care about the death of some marine life chernabog Apr 2015 #8

Because at least the tuna get eaten. Other fish get thrown out. n/t pnwmom Apr 2015 #9

I have a crazy idea... chernabog Apr 2015 #11

Don't eat fish if you don't want to eat fish. pnwmom Apr 2015 #12

Don't pretend like you care about marine life if you eat fish chernabog Apr 2015 #13

Anyone who wants to continue eating fish MUST care about marine life. pnwmom Apr 2015 #16

Killing and eating dead animals chernabog Apr 2015 #20

Go tell it to the lions, tigers, sealions, penguins, and every other animal out there that doesn't Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #22

Haha chernabog Apr 2015 #24

No, that's not my argument, that's your own ridiculous oversimplification thereof. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #26

I like eating dead animals. They are tasty. closeupready Apr 2015 #38

Do you recognize climate change chernabog Apr 2015 #39

Do you recognize "Name Removed" in this thread? closeupready Apr 2015 #40

No? chernabog Apr 2015 #44

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Thanks, Orrex. closeupready Apr 2015 #42

Of course you'd laugh Orrex Apr 2015 #43

LDO lol closeupready Apr 2015 #46

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Thank you chernabog Apr 2015 #33

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Exactly chernabog Apr 2015 #37

Agreed! mucifer Apr 2015 #81

Fish have great vitamins and it is recommended that yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #76

Plant based foods chernabog Apr 2015 #77

I was sorta interested in healthier food and less meat yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #79

I think you mean Linda McCARTNEY, not McCarthy (n/t) Autumn Colors Apr 2015 #82

True yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #83

I go by closeness to extinction. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #18

So if one species is not close to extinction chernabog Apr 2015 #19

I'm not a vegetarian, if that's what you mean. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #21

I can tell. chernabog Apr 2015 #23

What argument am I trying to make? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #25

You don't need to eat animals to survive chernabog Apr 2015 #29

Yes you do. d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #47

Can you back that claim with science? chernabog Apr 2015 #48

I don't need science to back up the fact that people have preferences. d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #50

That is not the part of your reply I was asking about chernabog Apr 2015 #52

Fine. Just cuz you asked. d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #53

What's a low grade protein? chernabog Apr 2015 #54

If you bothered reading the information that you asked for d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #61

I dont consume animal products chernabog Apr 2015 #62

I love animals d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #63

So you don't care about animals chernabog Apr 2015 #64

Resorting to name calling just because I eat meat? d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #65

You are utterly wrong chernabog Apr 2015 #66

Read the EPA website. Its much fresher than some article written in 2006 d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #67

What I posted was global chernabog Apr 2015 #68

You know the EPA also has global figures too d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #69

I love that chart chernabog Apr 2015 #70

And a shorter life span d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #73

How about nitrous oxide? chernabog Apr 2015 #74

Still not a greenhouse gas we produce in abundance d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #75

It's not the cow farts. It's the land and the amount of grains and water mucifer Apr 2015 #80

It felt good telling a fellow Costco shopper the other day... tridim Apr 2015 #2

That's your opinion. Nutritionally they're the same. pnwmom Apr 2015 #10

not sure that you can make that claim SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2015 #14

If you're going to dismiss the science, you can say anything you want... ag_dude Apr 2015 #58

when right over your head SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2015 #59

evidently they both did ag_dude Apr 2015 #60

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Because she appreciated the advice. tridim Apr 2015 #28

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Smaller, tastier, more nutritions, grown in the wild, no pesticides. tridim Apr 2015 #36

Not exactly marle35 Apr 2015 #56

K & R How strange that many think organic is a novelty movement. It was the norm for food, clothing appalachiablue Apr 2015 #3

I like "organic" SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2015 #4

So true moonbeam23 Apr 2015 #6

No longer enough arable land, and water is running out of our aquifers faster than we jtuck004 Apr 2015 #49

Which garlic do you grow? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #55

We eat 90% organic moonbeam23 Apr 2015 #5

+10 Wow, that's great & so simple. Will use it with a relative soon- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #45

in a thread about that group in texas "raising the dead", a poster compared buying organic niyad Apr 2015 #7

some people are not able to think SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2015 #15

was trying to locate a book on soil written about 23 years ago, and, in googling just niyad Apr 2015 #17

There's plenty to read on that topic kentauros Apr 2015 #84

thank you for that wonderful information. will spend some time with it today. niyad Apr 2015 #85

rush out the articles KT2000 Apr 2015 #32

This is good news because it'll force the food industry to change. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #34

13 years ago. 2002. Bushco put strict regulations in place? merrily Apr 2015 #51

Monsanto knows this too. midnight Apr 2015 #57

I believe most pro-organic arguments are bullshit. Nevernose Apr 2015 #71

Roundup is absorbed into the plant cells Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #72

That's GMO, not organic Nevernose Apr 2015 #78