Anyone who knows me knows my aversion to anything related to the "Hippie" movement. Included in that are the myths of Organic food.
Please do not mistake this for an aversion to keeping God's green earth pure and preserved.
***Please hold while I pull out my soapbox***
It is the self-righteous and judgemental attitude of most "green" people. (I know, I know, not you.) You are clearly better than me because you have your reusable bags in the back seat of your Prius. Yes, we see you, and yes, we get it. Now stop waving your arms around before your tie-dyed shirt gives me a seizure.
Okay...enough of that. This isn't Jen Hates Hippies, it is Jen Eats Food. Geeze, folks...stay focused!
Back to Organic food.
Let me preface the awesomeness of the following words with this: There are certain health conditions where the individuals with those conditions would actually be harmed by hormones or pesticides that may be present in non-organic food. And for that reason, we here at Jen Eats Food salute the farmers who grow and raise organic food. I will always raise a glass to good health!
Now, for the rest of you who are clearly wealthier than me if you insist on buying organic food because you have been convinced by Whole Foods that it far superior than non-organic food, I say this:
I am a huge supporter of growing your own food, supporting local farmers and eating fresh, clean food. Especially for children. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the main reason I love California in the summer! You can make fun of Fresno all you want...but you better also give them a little shout out every time you leave your grocery store with (a lot of) your fruits and vegetables. However, if we tried to grow all food organic, we would starve. It would simply not produce enough. Wash your food well when you get home and call it a day. Plus, if you drink enough wine, I am about 98.3% sure that the alcohol in it will kill the trace amounts of bad stuff you might be ingesting.
And can we all stop pretending that organic food tastes better? Seriously. In fact, I once bought organic cranberry juice (I was in college...I was just experimenting) and it was awful. Just awful. Watch the episode of Penn & Tellers Bulls#!t about organic food. The "survey" they did on organic vs non-organic is classic.
My final request is that we all band together and agree to stop using the term "green". I am talking about the term in general, but certainly for food. Green fruit is unripened fruit and green food usually means moldy. So, to the green food truck I saw outside of the Riverside courthouse, no, thank you.
I am not saying organic food is bad. Let's just be honest about what it is. There is no need to protest against or picket non-organic farmers. Besides...how many trees died to make the sign you are holding or the flyers you are handing out? Organic food for thought...
Please do not mistake this for an aversion to keeping God's green earth pure and preserved.
***Please hold while I pull out my soapbox***
It is the self-righteous and judgemental attitude of most "green" people. (I know, I know, not you.) You are clearly better than me because you have your reusable bags in the back seat of your Prius. Yes, we see you, and yes, we get it. Now stop waving your arms around before your tie-dyed shirt gives me a seizure.
Okay...enough of that. This isn't Jen Hates Hippies, it is Jen Eats Food. Geeze, folks...stay focused!
Back to Organic food.
Let me preface the awesomeness of the following words with this: There are certain health conditions where the individuals with those conditions would actually be harmed by hormones or pesticides that may be present in non-organic food. And for that reason, we here at Jen Eats Food salute the farmers who grow and raise organic food. I will always raise a glass to good health!
Now, for the rest of you who are clearly wealthier than me if you insist on buying organic food because you have been convinced by Whole Foods that it far superior than non-organic food, I say this:
I am a huge supporter of growing your own food, supporting local farmers and eating fresh, clean food. Especially for children. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the main reason I love California in the summer! You can make fun of Fresno all you want...but you better also give them a little shout out every time you leave your grocery store with (a lot of) your fruits and vegetables. However, if we tried to grow all food organic, we would starve. It would simply not produce enough. Wash your food well when you get home and call it a day. Plus, if you drink enough wine, I am about 98.3% sure that the alcohol in it will kill the trace amounts of bad stuff you might be ingesting.
And can we all stop pretending that organic food tastes better? Seriously. In fact, I once bought organic cranberry juice (I was in college...I was just experimenting) and it was awful. Just awful. Watch the episode of Penn & Tellers Bulls#!t about organic food. The "survey" they did on organic vs non-organic is classic.
My final request is that we all band together and agree to stop using the term "green". I am talking about the term in general, but certainly for food. Green fruit is unripened fruit and green food usually means moldy. So, to the green food truck I saw outside of the Riverside courthouse, no, thank you.
I am not saying organic food is bad. Let's just be honest about what it is. There is no need to protest against or picket non-organic farmers. Besides...how many trees died to make the sign you are holding or the flyers you are handing out? Organic food for thought...
Greg loves you for this post. Don't even get that guy started on organic vegetables!
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