Wednesday, 16 May 2007

Organic or Bust

So how much does organic matter? Before, I bought it when I thought about it, but this experience made a difference to me. I could taste it. I know a woman who typifies a new-age crazy (she has a shaman, whom she believes can control electricity. I have my doubts.), who would yell "ah! this isn't organic! the chemicals are buring my tongue!" when she ate a conventional strawberry. I thought she was nuts. I was wrong.


Post cleanse, my eating plan had a lot to do with seasonal, local, organic goods, keeping me healthy, keeping the earth healthy. Here’s some links to those topics:

Seasonal Foods:

http://pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/1319/prmID/1410
http://www.sustainabletable.org/shop/eatseasonal/

Regional Harvests:

localharvest.org
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/localfood_dir.php
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20030802/food.asp


What's Organic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_food
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
http://home.howstuffworks.com/organic-food.htm

Taste Tests:

http://www.slashfood.com/2006/09/29/organic-heinz-beats-original-in-taste-test/
http://www.slate.com/id/2065155/
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0409realfood0410chart.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/bananas022403.cfm

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