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

[David Cantrell]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:25:02PM +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 October 2001 18:57, you wrote:
> > There are pretty strict rules about what you can label as 'organic'
> Are there? I thought all the rules were pretty much all voluntary 
> except that you can't stick certain logo's on your packaging if you 
> break them.

People have been prosecuted for saying their product was organic when it
wasn't.

> I've always thought the 'organic' label was pretty dumb. As far as I 
> can see it doesn't matter how a carrot is grown, it's still pretty 
> organic --- or have I been letting the organic chemists buy me too many 
> drinks ?

Heh.  If it's 'organic' then it hasn't had artificial pesticides etc used
on it, for example, and so there won't be any of the residues which plague
most veg.

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