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Organic is expensive

January 21st, 2008 at 04:31 pm

This might not be a revelation to some of you; but eating organic vegatables for dinner each night is not much cheaper than eating rib-eyes each night. From now on my wife is eating an organic-vegan diet (I'm definitely not). In any case, our food bill will go up by about 50% from now on...Oh well. We've been shopping at an organic/fair trade store called *food for living* lately. We'll see how it works out in the long run.....

**disclaimer**. I am in no way an advocate of organic growing and consumption practices (including "free-range" practices). There are both advantages and disadvantages to producing and eating organic foods. It has been proven that using copious amounts of fertilizer significantly increases the yield of farm land (as is performed in Europe). It is expected that both nutritional value, and "taste" may suffer from these practices, but it can be argued that intensive farming's improved yield is a better use of our land and a more responsible way of life for our ever expanding population.

3 Responses to “Organic is expensive”

  1. nance Says:
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    I agree!

  2. dtjunkie Says:
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    I never thought of the flip side of organic farming like that, that is def. a good point.

    *I don't eat organic only
    **However, the marketing appeal of organic food does work on me.

  3. Caoineag Says:
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    Technology definitely has its advantages. Unfortunately, I am very sensitive to chemicals so I tend to shoot for pesticide free on things that really soak the chemicals up. However, I don't always shoot for local since some locations can grow more based on local weather and soil type.

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