Comments on: Organic Food Fraud-Buyers Misled at Wal-Mart by Mislabeling http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/05/08/organic-food-fraud-wal-mart/ Pull Up a Seat and Join the Conversation at Circle of Food Blog. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Karyn Zoldan http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/05/08/organic-food-fraud-wal-mart/#comment-1104 Karyn Zoldan Wed, 09 May 2007 18:16:13 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/05/08/organic-food-fraud-wal-mart/#comment-1104 CoCo, I hope you won't judge the entire organic industry based on one bad bunch of celery. Just like conventional produce, organic produce sits in a store room or holding tank while waiting to get from one place to another. The advantage of eating organics is that you are not absorbing cancer-causing pesticides. For the best produce whether organic or not, I recommend buying organic produce at local farmers markets or even produce at local farmers markets as you are directly helping the farmer not the middle man. CoCo,

I hope you won’t judge the entire organic industry based on one bad bunch of celery.

Just like conventional produce, organic produce sits in a store room or holding tank while waiting to get from one place to another.

The advantage of eating organics is that you are not absorbing cancer-causing pesticides.

For the best produce whether organic or not, I recommend buying organic produce at local farmers markets or even produce at local farmers markets as you are directly helping the farmer not the middle man.

]]> By: CoCo Carmichael http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/05/08/organic-food-fraud-wal-mart/#comment-1102 CoCo Carmichael Wed, 09 May 2007 14:56:07 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/05/08/organic-food-fraud-wal-mart/#comment-1102 My husband did the shopping last week and brought home some "organic" celery. It did not have the same long, green stalks that I am used to. Instead, the stalks were thinner and yellower and it did not last nearly as long in the refrigerator. The taste experience was not the same either. I like my celery to be crunchy and juicy. The organic celery was hollow on the inside and the whole experience left me wanting. I don't normally buy organic foods, but this whole thing with the melamine showing up in our foods from additives purchased from China is making me take a second look at what I put into my body. Regardless, what sense does it make to eat something that is supposed to be better for you (i.e. organic) when it does not taste good? You have to evaluate each choice individually and unfortunately, today it is getting harder not easier. My husband did the shopping last week and brought home some “organic” celery. It did not have the same long, green stalks that I am used to. Instead, the stalks were thinner and yellower and it did not last nearly as long in the refrigerator.

The taste experience was not the same either. I like my celery to be crunchy and juicy. The organic celery was hollow on the inside and the whole experience left me wanting.

I don’t normally buy organic foods, but this whole thing with the melamine showing up in our foods from additives purchased from China is making me take a second look at what I put into my body.

Regardless, what sense does it make to eat something that is supposed to be better for you (i.e. organic) when it does not taste good? You have to evaluate each choice individually and unfortunately, today it is getting harder not easier.

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