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"carrots were about 20 cents more for a 3 lb bag"

Now you've really got me laughing. Twenty cents more for 3lbs of
organic carrots? Maybe if they're trying to get rid of them, but
certainly not typical.

It's typical here. As I told you, if you're paying 3 times more for
***ALL*** organic produce, or even 2 times more, you're being raped. Your
store is charging you for the word "organic", as opposed to just passing
along its real cost. Let's not debate this further. I've been in the grocery
biz for 25 years. The margin between normal and organic produce has been
shrinking for quite some time, as organic farms build fertility levels
(which takes a few years) and decrease production costs to remain
competitive.


"Oh yeah....I'll buy regular produce."

WHAT? Almost all of them have been treated with pesticides and/or
herbicides! So, now what is unacceptable for me to use to spray a few
weeds with is OK to spray a crop with and eat? See, this is a classic
example of whacko's. They come to some crazy justification in their
own minds, then rationalize their behavior. Some of the products
you're eating may have been sprayed with Roundup, just like I just used
on my driveway.

If it's a choice between salad or no salad, and there is no organic lettuce,
I'll buy regular lettuce. Besides, I'm a gardener. I'm familiar with which
crops actually require more chemicals than others. Let's see where you are
on that spectrum. Which three COMMON produce items are most heavily treated?


"The cost isn't so significant to them that it would jack up the price
of food as you say it will."

Yeah, right. I'd like to see you grow thousands of acres of soybeans
without using any chemicals. You're in the dream world. Without the
chemicals, a lot of people in the world would be paying 3X for food and
others would be starving. But I don't worry too much about that
happening, cause kooks like you won't ever be in control.

What business are you in?




" Chemical companies sell products to poor countries which have been
prohibited from use here, including DDT in some cases. That's a good
reason
to put the brakes on those practices. "

So, I was right, you are willing to see people in poor countries starve
and die from malaria to support your extremist views. BTW, isn't it
time for you to go to a PETA meeting or Earth Liberation Front meeting?
You know those guys that like to destroy property, burn builidings and
businesses down, because the folks that have a different view are just
"thugs"?


You have quite a reading comprehension problem. How old are you?