tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189647.post116509516076931337..comments2023-04-01T11:06:14.287-05:00Comments on Eco-Mama Musings: A Tale of Two CabbagesMiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10764573310643056132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189647.post-1165206033202405832006-12-03T22:20:00.000-06:002006-12-03T22:20:00.000-06:00For whatever it's worth, I didn't take any of Poll...For whatever it's worth, I didn't take any of Pollan's book as vilification of Whole Foods, any more that it vilified the corn plant. It's not WFM's fault that there are a few things that are broken in the world of Certified Organic, the same way it's not <I>Zea mays'</I> fault that industrial farming is a train wreck.<BR/><BR/>I took away from it a few things I already suspected: that Certified Organic is part marketing, that "big organic" has issues, and that you can you can work the system a bit. But what did we expect from the Federal government at this point in time?<BR/><BR/>It raises the issue of whether buying local or organic is better, if you can't do both. "It depends." What if one is an hour's drive away? What if one is heavy on the chemicals? What if one is heavily processed or out of season? Just pieces of the afforementioned Dilemma, I guess.<BR/><BR/>I live too far from a Whole Foods for it to be of any practical use to me, so I didn't have any strong opinions going in. I didn't come away from the book with any negative feelings about Whole Foods, though in looking back, I can see where people could. <BR/><BR/>It actually made me wish there was one closer to me. Our farm markets have things like "Indiana melons", "Kentucky sorghum," and "Ohio River Tomatoes," when all of those geographic locations are a good two hours away, and all of those products could, and presumably are, produced much closer. And I've never seen "organic" or "naturally raised" mentioned at any of them. We also don't have any nearby that continue to operate through the winter. None of my options are perfect, nor even all that good. Let he who is without sin cast the first rotten tomato.<BR/><BR/>Great post. I hope it finds it's way into the eyeballs of others who read the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189647.post-1165104209359997252006-12-02T18:03:00.000-06:002006-12-02T18:03:00.000-06:00I have also seen small local brewers building disp...I have also seen small local brewers building displays (and handing out samples!) at our WFM. They even have a cooler of raviloi from a guy in town. <BR/><BR/>Does WFM sell and support Industrial Organic and is local organic better? Heck yes. Would my mother or sister or 75% of America ever buy organic anything if WFM didn't exist? Heck no.<BR/><BR/>WFM makes the world a better place. I say we stop eating our own in a flawed quest for perfection and start taking steps to sustainability.<BR/><BR/>And that is one nice cabbage!Beohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422283615652811095noreply@blogger.com