I'm off to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre tomorrow evening but we'll make a day of it....so...Borough Market is on the hit list along with the Dali Exhibitions at Tate Modern.
Which is more surreal Dali or the Organic food fetish?
Anyroadup, I'm taking orders. A bit of organic this and orgasmic that? Unpasteurised smelly cheeses? Sourdough un-Mother's Pride? Cloudy cold-pressed heritage apple juices. Carrots with tops and educated mud on.
I'll get the Soil Association kite mark tattooed on my right futtock while I'm there....Place your orders folks...
Really, is organic food all it's cracked up to be?
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cogito
The Soil Association is a bit of a con... it's sort of soi-disant in its position. They make up the rules and charge a lot for accreditation.
Half the organic stuff you buy is maybe better for you (maybe not) but not as tasty. And has been shipped half way round the world and back. Then back again, half the time, to be put in a bag in the far east then flown home.
Food miles is another gripe, though.
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aife
Hype! A lot of what can be called ´vintage´ is just products grown in the old-fashioned style. That is, in the style that many farmers were forced to leave years ago. It´s just labelled, and marketed, in another way.
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writeon
'Organic' only means 'not sprayed a hundred times with toxic chemicals' and 'chemical phosphates not added to soil in which the stuff is grown'. Also for organic dairy stuff - animals not given growth hormones and antibiotics routinely'. I thought everyone knew all this.
I'd rather not ingest chemicals.
It's an individual choice...best not to moan at those who buy organic, it's their business.
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