I will also say that "organic" apples can't be truly real and organic. I have 6 apple trees of different varieties. When I bite into one of the apples it starts turning brown within less than a minute. The store bought organic apples will often not turn brown even a little after several hours. Something rotten in Denmark.
A few years ago we had a bag of "organic" apples in our second fridge that got forgotten, we only discovered them a year later, and they looked just like when we bought them, while our homegrown apples had all begun to rot within several months depending on variety. Left the bag in the fridge for another year just to see what would happen, and they still looked perfect. We then decided to bait a live rabbit trap with these apples as we had previously caught and transported several rabbits with apple bait. When cut the store bought apples were kind of like styrofoam inside, and the rabbits would have nothing to do with them, just like Agent's rodents won't eat fake food.
No surprise there. Puts a real bad image on the few that really do raise food organically, however, most of those are small time growers and can't afford to go after the bogus certifications. I'm in an area that has limited growing season for many fruits and some vegetables and even then it's becoming a real struggle due to weather cycles changing and certainly isn't inexpensive due to water costs and soil amendments since my dirt is heavy dirt and not soil. But we all do what we can.
Indeed, "organic" means nothing, since it will cost genuine growers a mint to be able to get permission to label their produce as organic, and only large corporations can afford do apply, this is all part of the scam. Anything that gets the FDA or USDA stamp (or similar in other countries) means it has been approved by the very same people who are trying to kill you, and whose CEOs are in the revolving door policy with pharma and monsanto etc. This is why we need to get back to growing our own, eating seasonally and knowing our local farmers.
The organic label is for the least worst food option, not the best; the best is raised ourselves and fresh. Not organic means pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and some roundup as a drying agent because of government intervention; regular farming is that stupid.
Organic even allows far more chemicals than it should and then there are the ones that aren't even close to organic but get the certification due to corruption. Nothing is sacred anymore and yes, it's homegrown as much as possible. I will say though that here I have to deal with chemical drift and run off a lot. Can't get uncontaminated straw or hay or compost with only one exception for straw that I know of.
Organic cheese?
I will also say that "organic" apples can't be truly real and organic. I have 6 apple trees of different varieties. When I bite into one of the apples it starts turning brown within less than a minute. The store bought organic apples will often not turn brown even a little after several hours. Something rotten in Denmark.
A few years ago we had a bag of "organic" apples in our second fridge that got forgotten, we only discovered them a year later, and they looked just like when we bought them, while our homegrown apples had all begun to rot within several months depending on variety. Left the bag in the fridge for another year just to see what would happen, and they still looked perfect. We then decided to bait a live rabbit trap with these apples as we had previously caught and transported several rabbits with apple bait. When cut the store bought apples were kind of like styrofoam inside, and the rabbits would have nothing to do with them, just like Agent's rodents won't eat fake food.
No surprise there. Puts a real bad image on the few that really do raise food organically, however, most of those are small time growers and can't afford to go after the bogus certifications. I'm in an area that has limited growing season for many fruits and some vegetables and even then it's becoming a real struggle due to weather cycles changing and certainly isn't inexpensive due to water costs and soil amendments since my dirt is heavy dirt and not soil. But we all do what we can.
No argument here.
There is little true organic food still around in most places. The organic label and certification was hijacked long ago.
Indeed, "organic" means nothing, since it will cost genuine growers a mint to be able to get permission to label their produce as organic, and only large corporations can afford do apply, this is all part of the scam. Anything that gets the FDA or USDA stamp (or similar in other countries) means it has been approved by the very same people who are trying to kill you, and whose CEOs are in the revolving door policy with pharma and monsanto etc. This is why we need to get back to growing our own, eating seasonally and knowing our local farmers.
The organic label is for the least worst food option, not the best; the best is raised ourselves and fresh. Not organic means pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and some roundup as a drying agent because of government intervention; regular farming is that stupid.
Organic even allows far more chemicals than it should and then there are the ones that aren't even close to organic but get the certification due to corruption. Nothing is sacred anymore and yes, it's homegrown as much as possible. I will say though that here I have to deal with chemical drift and run off a lot. Can't get uncontaminated straw or hay or compost with only one exception for straw that I know of.