The organic food thing

I'm going to generalize, but based on what I've seen, the people who are militant about organic food are usually the same ones who wipe down grocery carts, spray down hotel rooms with Lysol or can't go five minutes without using Purell.

 

I've noticed being a germophobe is quite fashionable these days. I wonder what's up with that.

 

Mommy blogs.

 

Look at the studies of the microbial content found on an ATM keypad or touch-screen.
Might as well rub your fingers all over the public toilet seat next time nature calls.

 

Fish

 

I agree with Ragu on everything. "Organic" is a term loosely tossed around and when it comes to food labelling, it's not that stringent.

HC & I are committed to buying (wherever possible) local food.

We buy almost all our meat directly from the farmers who raise the beef/pork/chicken/lamb. We know none of them use antibiotics or hormones. Best part is the meat has significantly more taste than grocery store meat and it's an education talking to farmers.

Around here you can buy asparagus in December but it comes from Peru. Seriously, who wants to buy food that's travelled several thousand miles? And tomatoes that arrive in Toronto stores in the winter are tasteless and have the texture of pool balls.

We're not radical about it but it's reassuring to know exactly where your food is coming from

 

May I suggest reading The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. I found the book interesting and enlightening.

 

Maybe they just cannot let an issue drop on message boards or browbeat people to death with their beliefs?

 

Less than two minutes...

Impressive.