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The most informative thing for me was that "organic" actually has a definition by USDA: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=t... Up until now the med student in me had the jerk reaction that "organic" meant carbon-based (+ nightmares from ochem), which applies to almost everything we eat.
I was shocked to read that eggs generally have pleasing deep-yellow or orange-red yolks because the egg industry spends a lot of money to put special additives into chicken feed just for that purpose. There's no other benefit from those additives. http://shkrobius.livejournal.com/375927.html I think about that now every time I see a pleasing, healthy-looking, tasty-looking deeply yellow yolk on my plate.
I've know these for a while and always look for pastured eggs but never find them outside of a farmer's market. >No Hormones... It's like putting a label on a cereal box that says, "No toxic waste." http://xkcd.com/641/
I've know these for a while and always look for pastured eggs but never find them outside of a farmer's market. >No Hormones... It's like putting a label on a cereal box that says, "No toxic waste." http://xkcd.com/641/
It makes me sad that NPR is slowly turning into just another mouthpiece.
[1] http://www2.sustainableeggcoalition.org/
[2] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Food_I...
The most informative thing for me was that "organic" actually has a definition by USDA: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=t... Up until now the med student in me had the jerk reaction that "organic" meant carbon-based (+ nightmares from ochem), which applies to almost everything we eat.
There is a word for that in the food industry: 'All Natural.' Sounds good, but actually means nothing (what is / isn't natural?), and isn't legally monitored.
> However, the agency has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors, or synthetic substances.
There is no exact definition, because it's hard to define.
http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/transparency/basics/ucm214868.ht...
It's so wonderful to now live in a forthright European country that cares for their citizens and doesn't permit this kind of fraudulent advertising of unnatural and unhealthy modifications of foods. Firms like Monsanto are barred from the country as are GMOs in general and you'd be hard-pressed to find anything other than natural eggs from free-range chickens, untreated with any hormones or antibiotics. It seems the…
However, I don't want to be a "beta tester" of such food in the 2-10 decades it will take to perfect it. When there's been 3 decades or independent reviews for a particular lab-grown food, then you can start putting it in local supermarkets where everyone can buy it without giving a moment's thought about whether that food is "safe to eat or not?". I think it's the government's jobs to ensure it doesn't happen earlier than that.
It's so wonderful to now live in a forthright European country that cares for their citizens and doesn't permit this kind of fraudulent advertising of unnatural and unhealthy modifications of foods. Firms like Monsanto are barred from the country as are GMOs in general and you'd be hard-pressed to find anything other than natural eggs from free-range chickens, untreated with any hormones or antibiotics. It seems the…
The study is funded by the Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply [1] which is "facilitated" by the Center for Food Integrity [2], which is run by a PR firm on behalf of ConAgra, Monsanto, Tyson, and others. It makes me sad that NPR is slowly turning into just another mouthpiece. [1] http://www2.sustainableeggcoalition.org/ [2] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Food_I...