escapee wrote:

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:41:21 GMT, sherwindu opined:

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I will repeat myself again by saying the best tasting fruit varieties are
not grown
by organic gardeners because of their susceptibility to attack. I grow a
Williams Pride
Apple because it is a disease resistant variety and a nice early apple, but it
doesn't
taste as good as a Cox's Orange Pippen or a Hudson Golden Gem. Your State of
Washington is known for it's large production of 'Red Delicious' Apples. This is
an
almost tasteless fruit that only sells because it is large, bright red, and holds
up well
from orchard to market place. Many people are getting into organic growing not
because of their love of the environment, but because of the profit motive. They

have scared people to death about getting cancer from chemicals, and know they
can charge big bucks if they just stick the 'organic' label on their produce.

Excuse me, but organic growers are known for growing varieties which are disease
and pest resistant.

I never said they didn't grow these resistant fruit.

It's part of the holistic approach to organic growing. I
have only tasted bad 'Delicious' apples when they were woody or lay around too
long, other than that, they are superior in taste, IMO, to many other varieties
of eating apples.

I think you should expand your horizons and start tasting more varieties of fruit.



You are also incorrect about "profit motive" since many organic farms are very
small, and sell their produce at farmers markets, not on grocery shelves. I
have news, the grocery stores hike up the prices, not the growers. For
instance, bananas. If you see the word organic on a banana, it's generally a
useless term. Bananas normally never need pesticides to produce. In the case of
organic bananas, they are grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers. The
store hikes up the price because they are in their special organic section. I
shop either at the farmers market, or Whole Foods Market and their prices are
maybe 5% more than commercially grown foods, which use pesticides and synthetic
fertilizers. I know because Whole Foods Market also sells conventionally grown
fruits and vegetables, so I see the price side by side in many cases.

I shop occasionally at Whole Foods Market and the markup is much greater than 5%.
I see things like a bunch of organic carrots selling for two dollars, while the
non-organic
bunches are selling for one dollar.
These growers are not stupid. If they see the fruit selling for higher prices, they
would
be remiss, if they didn't ask more for their harvest.



Oh, yes, people indeed DO get cancer from the chemicals being used. But since
the toxin developers are in bed with politicians, not much will be done about
it, at least till we get a different administration. AND, in one month, to take
this to another level, you'll once again be able to buy an AK47.

What's with you organic enthusiasts. Do you all believe the world is going to soon
end?
Pollution from our factories and vehicles is a much much greater threat than the
pesticides being used. When we convert all our energy sources to solar, nuclear,
etc.,
than I think we can worry about the pesticides.

Sherwin D.



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