This is a follow up to our Penn and Teller’s Bullshit Post about organic food.
How is eating or not eating organic still debatable? It comes down to the informed vs the non-informed.
Organic is important in so many respects.
- Not genetically modified
- Better Taste for most produce
- Better for your body (Pesticide free etc)
- Healthy work environment for field workers
- Helps maintain biodiversity
- Keeps family farms in business
- Better for the environment
I didn’t want anything to do with organic 3 years ago..then i started reading. I now eat organic.
Read up on companies like Monsanto, Cargil, BASF, Bayer, Bunge. If you don’t want to do the research watch youtube videos on the subject. Here’s one about Monsanto
We spend less on food than ever in history. An egg does not cost 18 cents unless it’s a genetically modified chicken, grown in a cage, fed genetically modified grain and pumped with hormones and antibiotics. The same group of companies grow your beef, fruits an veggies. They also make medications to treat cancer caused by their foods and their chemical fire retardants now found in your mattress, couch, computer, carpet etc which they lobbied to have MANDATORY.
I don’t want to put ANY money in their pockets. That’s why i eat organic.
Lobbyists are über powerful. Just recently a New York Times article revealed that “Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech”. Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, estimates that 42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats, an unusual bipartisan coup for lobbyists.”
Obama ain’t going to save you either as he just nominated pesticide executive to be chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative.
Obama also appointed former Monsanto shill Tom Vilsack as USDA Chief. So Obama is not on our side when it comes to the food we eat.
Not eating organic is the equivalent of voting for everything that’s wrong. Anyone who can afford to eat organic should. It’s the only way to take back our food and integrity.
Other articles that may interest you:
– Your Corn Flakes are messed with
– Canada Warns other Countries about their GMO Problem
…. it’s for the good of everyone.