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Ben D, N CA
Posted 2/9/2014 13:37 (#3675992 - in reply to #3675926)
Subject: RE: Because they feel threatened.



Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot
hawkfan - 2/9/2014 10:14

Ben D, N CA - 2/9/2014 11:59

Old Pokey - 2/9/2014 03:32
I find my local grocery stores to have an ever expanding organic and healthy living section. That's what they call it, not my doing.


And it will continue to expand. People can hide their heads in the sand if they wish, but organic is not going away. My favorite is when they claim "we'd all starve if everyone switched to organic". Please. What a ridiculous argument. Who said we were switching all production to organic? But the niche market for organic really isn't a niche anymore, it is growing by leaps and bounds. Tells me that, regardless of whether or not it is factual, that people are concerned about what is in their food. You can't blame them either. Look at the ingredients on a bag of Dorito's. I can't pronounce everything on that list. My wife buys All-Natural chips a lot of the time. I know it is a marketing scam, but I can also read and identify everything on the list. That is worth the extra $0.05 my little pile of chips I eat with my sandwich costs me.

Sure, conventional production is easy, and I can see that people don't want to give that up. Neither do I. Doesn't mean it is always going to be profitable though. The free market system has a very effective way of balancing production with demand.


Can you pronounce everything on the list of these "all natural" foods?





No. Only because I can't read it. Try a little higher resolution than 4 dpi. Are those ingredients added to that produce? Or are we confusing the chemical make up of those foods with added ingredients? Eggs are eggs, blue berries are blueberries. Listed as such in food as well. Conventional or organic. I know that and you know that, but it doesn't matter what we think. We are not a targeted consumer group. Again, I don't see why letting consumers have the freedom, if they so desire, to buy something else is such a threat. Again, I'd much rather they have the choice in the market place than not, and feel the need to force it by legislation.
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