With all of the craze in "organic" food recently, it's sad to see its' general unpopularity because it's so expensive. People simply can't afford to get everything organic because why pay $3.00 for a can of pasta sauce when you can pay $2.00 for a larger whole-sale one? The efficiency of the global economy drives out the practicality of these organic foods and I don't know if they ever will catch on. I think it's an endless spiral that will never stop because no one wants to make less money. Even the organic companies, if the fad doesn't catch on, will have to either sell their businesses to non-organic organizations, or adopt more efficient methods of production.
I've only had a few "organic" foods myself and they really didn't taste any different. I know they're "better" for you but does anyone here really swear by "organic" foods? I'm wondering when time goes on if anyone really will make their diets consist only of organic foods; they probably would have to be of a higher social status. I also wonder if all of the pesticides and chemicals that they have been putting in foods for years have proven adverse effects on us. We do consume and have been consuming that kind of food for a long time now, and I wonder if any serious diseases have been directly linked to or created by pesticides and the like. I really don't know how to solve this situation, all I know is that I can't afford an entire diet of organic food.
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Meredith Clements-response to "How food and food alteration has changed us"
Personally, I like organic food, for the most part at least. But, the truth of the matter is that it is more expensive than unorganic food and the extreme difference in the price makes me buy the unorganic food. So answering the question, "does anyone swear by organic food?" I'd have to say no, since when I can't afford it, I don't buy it, although I do like it better than the unorganic stuff. For things like eggs, I always buy the ones that say free roaming chickens because there is something about additives in eggs that just bothers me. I do also wonder if due to the indulgence of food prior to organic times, if we have some effects from the pesticides and other things from the food we have eaten.
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