Organic Stuff

April30

The whole idea of organic food used to baffle me. Except for things like salt and calcium, pretty well everything we eat is organic. But, apparently there’s organic and then there’s Organic, with a halo over it. It means that whatever it is (tomato or tomahto, egg or chicken) it’s grown with no chemicals, insecticides, genetic manipulation, or drugs and all the chicks and ducks and geese can scurry free of cages while cattle and sheep and goats get nothing but grass and hay and maybe oats.

Pigs? Who knows? Maybe Organic slop.

Places like Whole Foods have built huge businesses selling mostly Organic food. Piggly Wiggly, Krogers and Safeway sell mostly organic with some Organic, specially packaged in special sections. At much higher prices.

Is making a point of buying Organic worth it? The short answer is no. The long answer is noooo.

Is selling Organic worth it? Hell yes.
I’m thinking maybe we should use soy ink on mailers and stamp “Printed with Organic Ink” on the OE.

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