Chapter nine, “Big Organic” focuses the attention of the reader to realize that “organic foods” aren’t really as organic as they initially appear. The foods sold at stores such as Whole Foods where they market their products as organic, may mislead the customer significantly. The process of producing “organic foods” may start as organic but many other aspects go into the production of the food before it makes it to the store. These aspects include pesticides, shipping the food, packaging the food and many others. While these aspects are required to get the food safely to stores across the country, it takes away the organic aspect of the food, making these “organic foods” essentially inorganic.
After reading this chapter it has made me realize that although there is some thought that should go into what we eat, it may not make much of a difference whether we choose foods that read organic on the shelf, compared to inorganic. I have never been one to watch what I eat when it comes to organic versus inorganic, and this chapter has made me realize it really doesn’t make a significant difference. I found this chapter to be very interesting with all the explanation of how “organic foods” have, over time become drastically less organic.
i believe you make some good points about how the book talks about organic produce is really not organic, but you have to admit that although its not a 100% organic its a great step towards becoming more organic. Also the fact that organic foods do not contain chemicals that you would in other words ingest from nonorganic foods. Although I admit that the practices of organic foods can be improved to better the earth and not deplete its resources.
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