tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post115030381036904313..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Michael Pollan on Wal-Mart 'Organic'Chas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1150664706442385232006-06-18T15:05:00.000-06:002006-06-18T15:05:00.000-06:00and chocolate! and i don't kow what sven would do ...and chocolate! and i don't kow what sven would do without orange juice in the morning.gl.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11890196589573443189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1150382581908609682006-06-15T08:43:00.000-06:002006-06-15T08:43:00.000-06:00"Sustainable" is rapidly becoming the new buzzword..."Sustainable" is rapidly becoming the new buzzword as Big Agriculture adopts "organic."<BR/><BR/>Gretchin, yours is the classic dilemma. Of course, you can rationalize that California is only one state away.<BR/><BR/>And for some things--coffee comes to mind--there is no local product.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1150332525946339902006-06-14T18:48:00.000-06:002006-06-14T18:48:00.000-06:00oh, good, then you'd understand my recent dilemna ...oh, good, then you'd understand my recent dilemna at the grocery store:<BR/><BR/>strawberries are on the top-10 fruit highest in pesticides. so when faced with two packages of strawberries, one organic but shipped from california, and one local but non-organic, which do i chose?<BR/><BR/>(i got one of each to mitigate my damage, but the question is still relevant.)gl.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11890196589573443189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1150331524911835222006-06-14T18:32:00.000-06:002006-06-14T18:32:00.000-06:00Good God. I'll take "local and pretty clean" any d...Good God. I'll take "local and <I>pretty</I> clean" any day over that kind of organic.<BR/><BR/>Ask John Burchard about dairies-- some probably "organic"-- in California's Central Valley, which if it has cows at all should probably ranch them....Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.com