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Why I don't Buy Organic

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So I'm not huge into organic myself, but I do believe in buying local when possible, and largely because of the environmental impact aspect. I'd be curious to hear more about why you think this is less of an issue. We consume more of food than anything. The average piece of produce travels 1,500 miles to get to our plate. If you eat avocados, pineapples, coffee, etc, it's even more. Add up all the food we eat, and that's a lot of food trucked from all over the country and world. The global agriculatural market system is an unsustainable modern monstrosity I do think there are some interesting class issues with the organic/local movement, and I always become a bit distressed when I see a fancy hippy grocery store moving into a neighborhood where the majority of the long-time residents can't afford it. (The blog "Stuff White People Like" once satirically stated, "If we can usher in the peaceful revolution of the world's poor and oppressed, they, too, can shop at Whole Foods!) I also t

Why I don't Buy Organic Jeff Kaufman Posts RSS ◂◂RSS Contact Why I don't Buy Organic July 12th, 2010 ea , local , money , organic Julia and I give away a good fraction of our income. Money that we spend buying organic food [1] instead of regular food is money that can't be given to help people who need it. I see buying organic food as roughly equivalent to buying regular food and then donating money to a "make food organic" charity. [2] The question is, then, is oxfam or is this (imaginary) "make food organic" charity doing more good in the world? I'm pretty well convinced that wit

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