Flying SquidOrganic, huh?
HazdazMore like “purchased at the cheap supermarket in the bad part of town and then brought to the farmer’s market stand in the rich part of town and the price jacked up 3X”.
The farmer’s markets here are pretty legit, but I live in the midwest, so we have a ton of farms. I got some amazing goat cheese the other day at the farmer’s market. The problem is the prices are ridiculous so we only go once in a while.
We did discover the lady we get our dog treats from though.
Lifehacker tip: instead of buying dog treats by the ounce, just use another type of dog food as treats and buy it by the tens of pounds. If you’re excited they’re a real treat.
Oh we’re more bougie than that. Like I said, we get dog treats from a local baker. Trust me, my dogs like them so much more than treats you could get from a store, and definitely more than a 10 pound bag of different food.
I have a local “Barkery” that makes amazing dog treats. Definitely way better than store bought, and it’s nice to support a local business. They also give my dog freebies worth more than what I’m buying most times I stop in, so I can’t complain about price too much
Yeah, I’m really happy to help this lady. She’s super nice and she just does this as a business out of her home. Every time I order, I tell her to mail it to me (and pay the extra for shipping) because I just don’t want the hassle of arranging a pickup and every time she says, “are you sure? I hate to charge you extra!” Plus, she makes dog treats that look like Indiana- where we live- which is just fun.
Apathy TreeI do this with my cats. I get kitten kibble for them as treats. I can give them several bits cuz the kibbles are small, they love it, and even though kitten grain free food is wicked pricy, still cheaper than treats!
They normally eat wet food, but have a mix of dry stuff available at all times, so it does really work. They don’t know the difference.
PeppycitoAnd then get a Mennonite to sell them. “Farm fresh mangos”
I mean, I wouldn’t want to eat inorganic food. What would that even be, pure salt?
McDonald’s?
Chick FIL A
I thought that was made from ground-up plundered religious artifacts or something
You can actually eat spammers, and I think doing so counts as community service
Hey now, spam is made of pork!
What cuts of pork we’re talking about, well, that’s a different question.
It’s “mystery” “meat”.
Also “organic”
MinnesotaGoddam"organ"ic
Many different salts, not just NaCl. As well as many metals and some acids. But they all are micronutrients, you won’t get any calories out of them.
So it’s a diet then.
I ate lead paint chips when I was a kid.
Delicious. But deadly.
Delicious. But deadly.
won’t get any calories out of them
Me, an intellectual: eats a chunk of uranium
ITT: Non-Americans and people being facetious
More likely that everyone was ignoring him, but that don’t sound as cool on twitter
"then all the farmers clapped and this cute farmer girl asked me to come to the next barn dance with her"
Dr_Fetus_JacksonCity folks just don't get it.
This dude - “Are these ‘organic’?”
Stall worker - “Yes. 3 dollars.”
This dude - “Really?”
Stall worker - “Sir, do you want the pears or not?”
uphillbothwaysCopper sulphate is a listed "organic" fungicide despite not having any carbon atoms.
Heresy!
HupfI’ve seen “Organic” salt.
that doesn’t have Carbon, Hydrogen or Oxygen
There is no such thing as organic salt…
Wouldn’t the salts derived from organic acids like citric acid technically be organic salts?
Like sodium citrates for example?
LazaroFilmWell it’s not made of organs…
Organish
I for one am happy to know that the food I purchase is strictly carbon-based and doesn't contain fillers made up from ground-up Horta carcasses or whatever.
I'm sorry to tell you this but plants contain anorganic elements. It's less than 1% tho.
StreetdogThat’s unacceptable.
That’s why I avoid them
No kill I!
Even the most transgenic plant, grown in the techiest greenhouse ever cared for with the nastiest fertilizers and pesticides is organic in the most widespread and commonly used meaning of the word.
The air quotes are well deserved.
Wait, what’s the most widespread and commonly used meaning of the word?
Organic is a term certified by the USDA.
To use “organic” on packaging, a product must contain at least 95% organically produced ingredients.
Means “contains carbon” in any context other than food
Love a definition that uses its own word
XINIt is a bit annoying, though “organically produced” is defined exhaustively on the website.
We can debate what it means effectively, but the term organic in the US means something. It’s a regulated term and you can just slap different stickers on something and call it organic. So much just straight up misinformation in this thread from people too jaded, or too lazy, to look it up.
www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic
Now I’m not saying that the regulated term “organic” doesn’t have some other weird side effects, or that people haven’t attempted to hoodwink the process, but the term itself carries the weight of regulation in the US. So it’s not some silly, “Hurrr derrr Organic means Organic” thing like people are making it out to be.
I think what we know is that it’s a scam and we don’t care.
How is it a scam? There is a whole host of rules and regulations around using the term.
When not talking about US food it just means living matter. Basically anything you eat is organic by the traditional definition. The USDA organic definition is honestly a joke though. Most pesticide other than the new age shit is made out of plant directives. Doesn’t make it safe to consume. The range of shit they can use and do, while still calling things organic is pretty laughable. You just have to avoid a few products that are widely used today. Nitrogen fertilizer and shit like roundup.
Meaning one could hypothetically spray a tomato with dioxins up to 5% of its body weight and it would still qualify as organic.
And slip some cash over to the FDA when one of their interns asks too many questions.
rjs001I always try to avoid buying organic. I specifically will avoid purchasing something if it says organic on it
Saves you whatever they marked up the price to for adding the “organic” label.
AeonFelisHey now! Don’t go rubbing organic salt in their wounds!
darcywhat kinda salt is organic ?
My definition of organic =contains carbon so = all food uless you are eating sand for some reason. Just another meaningless tag on US foods imo.
You probably eat more sand then you realize. It was the filler in Taco Bell meat before they got called out for not having enough beef to call it beef.
So they sourced cheaper beef, of course, and the taste went to shit.
Also, I appreciate the label, even though it is a misnomer. I prefer not eating glyphosate.
VupperwareSource?
That organic food is less likely to contain glyphoasate or that silica (sand) is a common food additive?
The source is mass (internet) hysteria from 5 or 6 years ago. The above poster’s claim is false and just silly given the slightest amount of scrutiny.
Okay, I may have been wrong about TB. They did change their meat formulation about ten years ago (I remember the texture changed drastically, possibly as a PR move by TB when Alabama sued them in 2011).
Silica is a common food additive regardless. You can verify this yourself easily on Wikipedia.