Any of you Organic only eaters ?

[Paa Langfart]

or think you are ?

 

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A shipment of 36 million pounds of soybeans sailed late last year from Ukraine to Turkey to California. Along the way, it underwent a remarkable transformation.

The cargo began as ordinary soybeans, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. Like ordinary soybeans, they were fumigated with a pesticide. They were priced like ordinary soybeans, too.

But by the time the 600-foot cargo ship carrying them to Stockton, Calif., arrived in December, the soybeans had been labeled “organic,” according to receipts, invoices and other shipping records. That switch — the addition of the “USDA Organic” designation — boosted their value by approximately $4 million, creating a windfall for at least one company in the supply chain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-labels-said-organic-but-these-massive-imports-of-corn-and-soybeans-werent/2017/05/12/6d165984-2b76-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_organicimports-330am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6f2fdd4c8bd3

[Jeremy Igo]

I try to get organic when I can, but it isn't a priority for me. Mainly just rinse the stuff as best I can. 

[Doyle]

This is exactly why I refuse to pay more for it.  It's mainly just a marketing tool.  

[Jeremy Igo]

8 minutes ago, Doyle said:

This is exactly why I refuse to pay more for it.  It's mainly just a marketing tool.  

Not really. If it is local and organic it is legit. The farms are visited regularly. 

 

Organic from china? Yeah, avoid that crap. 

[Jangler]

So many of the big foods companies have started buying up the organic local sellers, just for the word 'organic', you can't trust much, unless it came out of your backyard.