12-31-2007, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannyGamer  Personally, I love to cook so this way of eating is definitely NOT for me. Plus the fact that I'm on a "local food" phase, so buying imported blueberries or Mangos at Cosco (ugh) wouldn't work for me. | I didn't realize that the organic label allowed imports. That's a little troubling.
When the Department of Agriculture established the guidelines for organic food in 1990, it blew a huge opportunity. The USDA—under heavy agribusiness lobbying—adopted an abstract set of restrictions for organic agriculture and left "local" out of the formula.
Sigh.
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