I never liked it anyway.

[wombat_socho]

From England comes word that organic food not only may not be better for you, but it's worse for the planet too. I've always felt organic food was overrated anyway; we've spent the last 2000+ years modifying food to look better, taste better, and be easier to grow (pick 2 of 3, as the old joke goes) , so the current fad to go back to free-range this and pesticide-free that strikes me as just another aspect of the neo-Luddite nonsense so popular with some folks. Me, I grew up eating commissary and mess hall food, so I can't tell the difference between free-range chicken and Frank Perdue's finest...actually, I can. The Perdue chickens are bigger and cheaper, and taste pretty much the same after you fry them up. 'Nuff said.
(Instapundit)

Comments

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

About the only organic thing that I will religiously buy organic is eggs, because they taste far yummier to me. Otherwise, I'm all for the sciencification of foods. I'm not big on additives, but I'm all for genetic engineering.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

*nods* Speaking of genetic engineering, I'm bemused by all the hooraw about "Frankenfoods". Do these people think corn, wheat, dairy cattle as we know them now, and other domestic critters/veggies are the way they are naturally? It's become another indicator for me that someone doesn't know WTF they're talking about.

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

Well, it has gone horribly awry in the past (ref: BT corn), and some of the activists I know actually are genetic engineers and know what they're talking about, so not all the hoohah is entirely wrong-headed. But I don't happen to think that should necessarily barricade us from exploring genetic modification as a possibility. It just means we need to be careful with how we weild the tool.