In reference to the article Agriculture: Local or Organic. Back in 1994 I worked in a health food store..somewhere in Ulster County (I'd prefer not to say where), They had me sit in the back room, peel off the DOLE brand labels & stick on labels that stated: Grown in Mexico - certified Organic.
The produce manager at that time told me how they would buy in bulk from Adams, knowing it wasn't fully organic, but they had hundreds of these little labels made up stating: Grown in Mexico, certified Organic. So imagine all these people buying food that they think is Organic & it isn't... I often wonder how many health food stores do that??
Ever since that experience I do buy some foods that are organic; like carrots & kale. In fact the food from Sunfrost farms, in Bearsville is quite good, I prefer to buy from them and local farms. |