@rodentpete said:
@remus said:
Organic apples all the way
All apples are organic - so are all plants, animals and plastics.
(I get irritated by the 'organic' buzzword )
You're mixing chemistry and farming terminology.
Organic chemistry is anything involving carbon compounds, as noted above.
Organic farming is a practical and philosophical methodology of food production that used to include caring for the long term health of the land, local production to reduce the transport time of foodstuffs as well as the no synthetic pesticides and fertilisers approach. Ever since big farming companies got involved the first few bits of the philosophy seem to have been ignored by most of the market.
I don't go for the woo part of organic food but I certainly approve of the "care for your land's long term health" bit. And I'm quite certain that locally produced food will usually be better than that transported across huge distances and stored for long periods. Luckily for me I have farm just a mile down the road from which I can get almost all my veg. There really isn't anything better tasting than veg that was cut just half an hour ago. As long as you don't hear the screams of the carrots in your sleep..