Organic food is so popular that we can easily find special shelves tagged with "organic" in most supermarkets. Some of my friends insist organic food and do not hesitate to pay additional costs. They say organic food is healthy, safe and delicious, but I can't easily agree with this idea because I am doubtful about organic. What on earth is organic? Is there any definition or regulations of organic? It is clear that no food cannot exist without any chemical inputs in the present world. If a farmer grew an apple without using pesticides and only with his family's compost, it cannot be called "organic" in the strict sense of the word. There are lots of possibilities where chemical substances get mixed; from the helicopter of his neighbor farmer using pesticides, from the water of an upriver factory, from his son who ate a chemical snack bar and so on. I think it's necessary to define the level of organic just as a Geiger counter does for radioactivity, but I have never heard of such instruments or rules. Considering the three major points of organic food, healthiness and safety cannot be judged easily; it takes longer time. How about the taste of organic food? To tell the truth, I'm not confident to distinguish an organic apple by tasting. It seems that there is only one difference between organic and not-organic. It is the price tagged in the supermarket. Can we really believe it?
We seem to have the same idea. In fact, I always used to think 'Organic' was the section reserved for space aliens at the super market.
As for believing, "The truth is out there".
Nice blog.
Posted by: Smurfjet | January 24, 2007 at 05:16 AM