ORGANIC and CONVENTIONAL FOODS ??

VERY  INTERESTING  ON  CBC  PROGRAM  CALLED  "DOC  ZONE"  -  TONIGHT  -  ALL  ABOUT  ORGANIC
FOOD!!

FIRST  IT  IS  A  HUGELY  GROWING  MARKET  AROUND  THE  WORLD.

SECOND....THE  BIG  REGULAR  GROWERS  HAD  TO  GET  IN  ON  THE  HUGE  BOOM!!

SOME  OF  THE  WELL  KNOWN  "BIG  FOODS"  HAVE  MOVED  INTO  ORGANIC,  AND  ARE  MAKING  QUITE  THE  DIFFERENCE.

GOOD  TO  KNOW  THE  USA  HAS  VERY  STRICKED  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,  FOR  FARMING  "ORGANIC."

THE  ANIMALS  AND  THE  LIFE  THEY  LIVE  ARE  A  MUCH  MORE  NATURAL  LIFE.....WITH  FREEDOM  TO  PASTURE  ROAM. One  man  was  doing  regular  modern  dairy  farming,  you  know  giving  cows  this  and  that  "shot" -  confined  area  to  live  in  etc.  He  went  over  to  "organic  dairy"  farming,  saved  on  all  the  modern  whatevers  that  are  part  of  modern  farming.  And  he  has  to  let  the  milking  cows  out  on  pasture  grass.  Showed  them  being  herded  out,  he  said,  "Well  you  can  see  they  are  not  sure  what  this  is  all  about,  going  out  onto  grass,  but  they  are  getting  it  and  enjoying  it."  It  showed  one  cow  kicking  up  its  heels  out  in  the  freedom  of  grass  grazing.

YES  REAL  GOOD  TO  KNOW  THE  USA  HAS  VERY  STRICT  LAWS  FOR  ORGANIC  FARMING  AND  ORCHARDS  AND  VEGETABLE  GROWING  ETC.

BECAUSE  THE  WEST  CANNOT  GET  INTO  CHINA  ANY  WHERE  CLOSE  TO  FINDING  OUT  IF  THEIR  EXPORTS  OF "ORGANIC"  FOOD  MEETS  USA  APPROVED  RULES  FOR  "ORGANIC"  -  HENCE  MANY ORGANIC  RETAILERS  ARE  RELUCTANT  TO  BUY  FROM  THEM.

MANY  SMALL  ORGANIC  STORES  TRY  AND  BUY  FROM  LOCAL  ORGANIC  GROWERS.

A  FEW  LARGE  ORGANIC  FARMING  COMPANIES,  HAVE  HELD  OUT  TO  THE  BIG  GUYS  WHO  LIKE  TO  BUY  THEM  OUT;  NATURE'S  PATH [VANCOUVER  WAY]  IS  ONE  OF  THEM.  THEY  SAY  "NO  WAY  IS  ANY  OF  OUR  ORGANIC  DIVISIONS  FOR  SALE"  AND  THEY  DO  SELL  AROUND  THE  WORD.

IT  WAS  BROUGHT  OUT  THE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  "ORGANIC"  AND  "NATURAL"  CAN  BE  LIKE  BLACK  AND  WHITE...... CERTIFIED  ORGANIC  IS  THE  WAY  TO  GO.  "NATURAL"  CAN  BE  JUST  ABOUT  ANYTHING.........ORGANIC  IS  WHAT  YOU  WANT  ON  THE  LABEL.

YES  THERE  ARE  MANY  THINGS  ORGANIC  FARMERS  HAVE  TO  DO,  THAT  IS  DIFFERENT  FROM  REGULAR  MODERN  FARMING.  WHICH  DOES  ENTAIL  MORE  WORK,  AS  THE  PROGRAM  SHOWED.

JUST  ABOUT  ALL  THE  ORGANIC  FARMERS  HAVE  A ZEAL  TO  HOLD  TO  THE  TRUE  IDEA  OF  THE  FOUNDERS  FROM  THE  1960s  -  YES  THE  "HIPPIE"  TYPE  -  WHO  WANTED  THE  GOOD  OL'  ORGANIC  FOODS.  IT  WAS  BROUGHT  OUT  THAT  UP  UNTIL  70  YEARS  OR  SO  AGO,  ALL  OUR  FOODS  WERE  ORGANIC.  EVERYONE  WAS  EATING  ORGANIC  FOODS.

ORGANIC  IS  BECOMING  REALY  HUGE  BUSINESS,
INCREASING  ALL  THE  TIME;  PEOPLE  ARE  BECOMING  MORE  CONCERNED  ABOUT  OUR  FOODS,  AND  CONCERNED  ABOUT  KEEPING  HEALTHY.

THERE  IS  MUCH  TO  STUDY  UNDER  MY  "HEALTH  AND  FOOD"  SECTION  ON  MY  WEBSITE  [keithhunt.com]