[geeks] Vegetarianism... was Re: [rescue] Friggin huge list m embers!)

David Cantrell geeks at sunhelp.org
Tue Oct 16 12:57:06 CDT 2001


On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 04:46:26PM +0000, wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
> > Again, you can avoid the excesses of factory food by buying organic produce,
> > or by buying from suppliers who know the history of their product.  Rough
> > translation: avoid supermarkets whenever possible :-)
> Soemone did a test over here on organic (health) food  versus supermarket
> food and found the "organic food" had a greater dose of pesticides.  Guess
> ya gotta be careful where you get your food. 

There are pretty strict rules about what you can label as 'organic' here.
Actually, I get the impression that US advertisers and marketroids are
permitted to lie with impunity.  Here they can't, they can just tell
misleading truths :-)

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