Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

The DU Lounge

packman

(16,296 posts) Tue Oct 18, 2016, 12:35 PM Oct 2016

0

Organic foods - A con job?

?t=136

Uses more agricultural space, uses sprays that may be more dangerous than synthetic ones, has higher percentage of recalls, is misleading in its labelling - and that's just a few things to be aware of in buying "organic".

http://www.sciencealert.com/eating-only-organic-food-is-a-sham

5 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Organic foods - A con job? (Original Post) packman Oct 2016 OP

. Orrex Oct 2016 #1

Interesting! femmocrat Oct 2016 #2

careful Skittles Oct 2016 #3

People lableing you and/or video as a "Monsanto shill" in 3-2-1... Archae Oct 2016 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #5

Orrex

(63,220 posts)

1. .

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 12:40 PM

Oct 2016

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

2. Interesting!

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 12:54 PM

Oct 2016

How about "free-range" not meaning what we think it does!

Skittles

(153,185 posts)

3. careful

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 01:18 AM

Oct 2016

people get pretty hysterical about their favorite fads

Archae

(46,344 posts)

4. People lableing you and/or video as a "Monsanto shill" in 3-2-1...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 08:56 PM

Oct 2016

Response to packman (Original post)

Name removed Message auto-removed

Reply to this discussion

Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Organic foods - A con job...