Comment on Organic, huh?

TechLauren@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• solidgrue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My own definition is: 30% upcharge for the same damned thing in a differently labeled package

  You’re paying for the label

  ( looking at you too, “non-GMO” 👀 )

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  • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, no, my food’s not genetically modified. It’s just been developed via artificial selection for thousands of years.

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    • LukeMedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be fair, genetic modification and selective breeding are not the same thing. It is funny how one is totally normal and the other is considered negative when they’re quite similar

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      • PreachHard@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think some reservations can come out of the idea that the natural environment isn’t producing these genetic changes. Just to play devil’s advocate.

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  • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ( looking at you too, “non-GMO” 👀 )

    I’ll let someone correct me if I’m wrong but I believe carrots were never orange, as in every orange or yellow carrot you buy is GMO

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    • solstice@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Virtually everything we eat now is GMO after countless generations of selective breeding and all that. Ever read about the wild versions of common foods? Bananas, watermelons, corn, all that stuff in their completely natural wild form is unrecognizable from the monstrosities on sale in every grocery store.

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nearly every food you could theoretically consume is a GMO. The label is intentionally misleading.

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  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not quite the same. I couldn’t get my normal soy milk recently and opted for a more expensive organic type from the same company. It tasted baaaaad. Like idk what the material difference is, but it sucked. The smell was really strong. I think I actually tossed a bunch of it out it was that difficult to drink. Now I just get light if the regular stuff is gone.

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• meeeeetch@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  X USDA Organic

  ✓ IUPAC Organic

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• ShadyGrove@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you consider a tomato a fruit as well? Organic has different meanings depending on the context, just like the culinary vs botanical version of fruits and vegetables.

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