Should you feel guilty buying organic food?

ninjabox

I ask because Organic food is really only available to wealthy people, people in poorer countries don't get a choice about the quality of their food because they can't afford the choice. Also apparently organic food is unsustainable.

On the other hand if you can avoid buying fruit that is free of cancer-causing pesticides (source) and meat that hasn't been injected with antibiotics (although to be fair I think they only inject antibiotics in America, surprise surprise) should you not buy the better quality stuff?

Its a first-world dilemma.

Dravokivich

Feel guilty all you want, just don't try forcing it on me.

spank_inferno

Okey-dokey

SEPT 23 1989

The quality of the food is probably better in the poor countries

Tombi!

About as much as you should feel about having a vegetable garden so in short, no.

padma

You seem to have come up with some strange ideas, where to start I suppose from my own travels in so called Third world countries like Africa and south ease asia, I've found that people usually buy organic fresh produce in market places sold by local farmers, we on the otherhand get a lot of pesticide grown food which is mass produced for our markets here in Ireland. Secondly organic and non organic pesticide food are very similar in price.

ninjabox

padma wrote: »

You seem to have come up with some strange ideas, where to start I suppose from my own travels in so called Third world countries like Africa and south ease asia, I've found that people usually buy organic fresh produce in market places sold by local farmers, we on the otherhand get a lot of pesticide grown food which is mass produced for our markets here in Ireland. Secondly organic and non organic pesticide food are very similar in price.

But say in countries like China or the poorer parts of America or even in Ireland its true that good quality food just isn't an option, a lot of people I would think are in this bracket rather than the agricultural communities who live off the land.

padma

ninjabox wrote: »

But say in countries like China or the poorer parts of America or even in Ireland its true that good quality food just isn't an option, a lot of people I would think are in this bracket rather than the agricultural communities who live off the land.

Yes, but they are not the poorest countries in the world, although in saying that I know some rich folk who eat pure crap and some ordinary folk with nothing who eat healthily.

Irish Guitarist

You can get organic, fair trade bananas in Tesco or Aldi that are cheaper than the likes of Fyffes.

PizzamanIRL

I buy organic pasta. That means I'm wealthy?

Yeah, look at me now Mammy!

Jimoslimos

ninjabox wrote: »

I ask because Organic food is really only available to wealthy people, people in poorer countries don't get a choice about the quality of their food because they can't afford the choice. Also apparently organic food is unsustainable.

On the other hand if you can avoid buying fruit that is free of cancer-causing pesticides (source) and meat that hasn't been injected with antibiotics (although to be fair I think they only inject antibiotics in America, surprise surprise) should you not buy the better quality stuff?

Its a first-world dilemma.

That's not a source

jimgoose

I buy Fairtrade stuff where possible - coffee, etc. - and will go considerably out of my way for it occasionally. This is because I firmly believe that the poor bastard who breaks his arse growing the stuff is entitles to make a decent living from it. I also buy organic, guilt-free whatever-I-like and the pizza-scoffing tracksuited classes can choke on their own arse-lard for all I care.