Organic Food: Truth or Fallacy? by Margot B

'organic' to make it as broad as possible; to make it easier for the big

companies to get into the organic food business by allowing food additives,

ascorbic acid to xanthan gum, and synthetic chemicals to be used in

'organic' food; a cow to feed on pasture; a factory farm to be labeled

organic. These modifications will take effect next year.

The real farm food grown on the real family farm is not always the same food

contained in our frozen TV dinners. Now that agribusiness owns the organic

food companies, is 'organic' on the road to becoming meaningless? The whole

meaning of 'organic' is changing.

The word 'organic' doesn't make any health claims. It is not a health,

nutrition, or food-safety claim. It is a production standard - and we make

our own health claims to this word. We bring our own personal beliefs to

the word 'organic'. The truly organic small family-farmer is going to have

to replace the word 'organic'.

"I don't care if the Wheaties are organic---I wouldn't use them for compost.

Processed organic food is as bad as any other processed food." says Eliot

Coleman, a Maine farmer and writer whose organic techniques have influence

two generations of farmers.

Is "industrial organic" a contradiction in terms?

Resource: L.A.Times, May 13, 2001

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/magazine/13ORGANIC.html?pagewanted=1

By Margot B/Writer, Editor, & Web Site Developer, June 8 2001

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Margot B is a published writer of a book and 100's of articles, specializing in health and environment.
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