Tuesday, January 03, 2006
British Writer Advocates Giving Up Organic Food
Except the world already produces enough food for everyone. But I understand where the writer is going with this.
It's self-indulgent, wasteful and frankly immoral. But you know how it is. I was swept along with the trend, and it felt good at the time. But I don't want to be a hypocrite. So I'm giving up organic food in 2006.
The incident that stiffened my resolve was a white rubber-banded wrist thrusting across me to grab organic apples. Here was someone who professed solidarity with the world's hungry. Yet they support a farming method that would starve over half the world.
Except the world already produces enough food for everyone. But I understand where the writer is going with this.
