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We’re well aware that more and more products are apt to be labeled with false green claims to try to grab the attention of increasingly green consumers–and 98% percent of them were guilty of exactly that last year. Now consider the federal, USDA regulated <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/green-basic…
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Not sure about everything being organic honestly. Of course, it’s an important paradigm shift to pursue given the food’s benefits. However, in most instances, organic food in these advanced countries are imported from as far afield as Japan and Borneo. Imagine the amount of aeroplanes flying around involved to do this? I am paying close and special attention to related stories.
The best organic food is the one you grow yourself in your garden. Our society has got it all wrong, putting the emphasis on high polluting so called solutions.