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Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by WatchDog on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:31PM (#37588915)
Tangent: Is there such a thing as "organic" for people that don't mind GMO, or fertilizer, but don't want their food sprayed with pesticides?
Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by belinder on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:39PM (#37589022)
Farmers market?
Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by vkou on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:46PM (#37589929)
Nearly all of whom use pesticides.
Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by ilyt on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @06:10PM (#37590849)
Well if you want your fruits without worms in it, you have to.

I remember from my life at farm that even just spraying it few days too late basically "ruined" a lot of fruit

Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by kornhole on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:47PM (#37589122)
Pesticide free
Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by atdrummond on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:03PM (#37589366)
Most organic certification programs allow (or even require) the use of pesticides; they simply use those which are considered “natural”.

Some of these allowed pesticides, like copper sulfate, are far more carcinogenic than even the compounds (glyphosate, for example) that are considered dangerous enough to warrant public concern campaigns.[1]

[1] https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/23/organic-fungic...

Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by mrob on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:54PM (#37590050)
It's possible that copper sulfate is more dangerous than the alternatives, but there's no evidence that it's carcinogenic. Your linked article claims copper sulfate "has not been associated with cancer".
Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by atdrummond on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @06:31PM (#37591029)
Thanks for catching; I was doing some changing of my wording and forgot to finish it before submitting my comment. I had meant to type “far more deleterious to health, if not specifically oncogenic/carcinogenic […]”

I did not mean to state copper sulfate (or any of the organic farming compounds) is cancer causing and I would f have fixed the typo if I was still within the edit window.

Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by slothtrop on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @05:08PM (#37590204)
The advantages of organic for produce are anywhere between dubious or marginal. I would have said there's it's better with animal products, but that's largely owing to the overlap with free range / grass-fed. I don't really care if the grain they happen to eat is also "organic".

In conventional farming conditions are so bad for pork that a large percentage of them die of disease, despite all the anti-biotics, before even heading to the butcher. I feel less inclined to touch that stuff unless it's from a local farm I know. Poultry and beef have their own set of problems.

Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by 10u152 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @10:20PM (#37592553)
Free range/grass fed/low density is great for meat. I don't want "organic" meat. Anyone who's killed a wild animal for food knows how crawling with parasites, worms and disease they are.

Do you really want a herd of food animals living in pain/suffering because you won't give them worming drugs? Or antibiotics for a bacterial infection?

No, thanks.

Re:‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any pr... by slothtrop on Thursday September 21, 2023 @09:58AM (#37597718)
Are wild animals in a constant state of pain/suffering? I would surmise not. Notwithstanding I don't think the organic label for meat is contingent on allowing them to be infested.