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A third point against "organic" is that with foreign imports it only means the seller told the import company it was "organic". So foreign food producers just
by Twirrim 8y ago
A third point against "organic" is that with foreign imports it only means the seller told the import company it was "organic". So foreign food producers just say their stuff is "organically grown", even if it was smothered in pesticides, pumped full of steroids etc, because then they get to claim a premium too.
Lack of consistent standards, or authority to enforce mean it's essentially a rubber stamp.
- coin 8y agoOrganic uses pesticides
- dragonwriter 8y ago> So foreign food producers just say their stuff is "organically grown", even if it was smothered in pesticides Organically grown products are usually smothered in pesticides, since “organic” doesn't prohibit pesticides, just the more targeted and effective ones, forcing quantity to make up for quality.
- dsfdsfsd423423 8y agoThey are now growing potatoes in the Egyptian desert, to fill demand for organic potatoes in Germany. Organic is not automatically better for the environment.