obviously, organics have messed with my mind to believe that. ;-) (Or maybe other substances messed with my mind, thankfully.)
Here in Germany, i always buy organic or local produce with very little chemical additive to both the food or the farming. i never once thought about how expensive it was, simply knowing i had to do it for my own well-being. i love being able to walk a hundred meters out my door to a farmer's market, including free-range poultry, wild deer meat, some buffalo once in a while.
Such organic consumption has an obvious effect, for i'm rarely sick, exceptionally healthy for a several hundred year old man who drinks copious quantities of alcoholic holy water. i'm glad to have spent the extra dough, and sad that it's so tight for the Brits who are turning away from organics.
Isn't it so that what's absolutely essential for the survival of the planet's skin also tastes so much better, and even has vitamins? I'm pleased that in Germany organics are a part of almost all the chains. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Is it just me or does this phrase sound ... strange? In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
I also buy organic when ever possible and am lucky that the supermarkets sell organic as well as local. I like that they also put the adress of the farmer on display.
I really would rather restrict on many other things, than the quality of food. Because I do believe that nurtrition is the foundation of our health and we should not be surprised if the body starts rebelling with health problems if we put stuff into it, that is either to difficult for it to metabolise or in such excess amounts, that the excretion organs can not get rid of it anymore.
Besides, if you have any tendency to 'live to eat', then you probably know about flavor. Anybody want to compare homegrown, or the better organic, foods to the petroleum-derived artificial-flavored cardboard that comes from Kraft?
Almost anything that I ate in France was worth the premium that I paid over the 'comparable' U.S. product. paul spencer
Almost anything that I ate in France was worth the premium that I paid over the 'comparable' U.S. product.
Wait until you've visited Lyon...;-) "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
You will be welcome anytime. I can host you in Lyon. Just let me know sufficiently in advance. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
I'm food obsessed with a limited budget so I've put a fair amount of effort into figuring out where to buy.
Out of your way a bit, but I have a second cousin in southern NJ who is a full-scale organic farmer. You might be interested anyway - google "Neptune Farm". Their web-site has been "under construction" for months, but there are articles about the farm, including one about a series of wind turbine tests there. paul spencer
