
Originally Posted by
vashti
You all live in strange places. We have nice, tasty produce pretty close to year-round here, and although we do have our share of crappy tomatoes, we also have tons of non-organic ones that taste like home-grown (they are all sun-ripened, though). I try to grow my own in the summer (if I remember to plant in time).
I'd be worried about the unpasteurized dairy products. They are actually illegal in many states. There are a lot of problems with bacterial infections associated with unpasteurized milk and other dairy products. That shit can kill you, depending on your baseline health.
Also, I don't think there are any health benefits to free range eggs. People like to buy free range primarily for humane reasons, but as I understand it, the free range chickens are no happier than the caged ones because they have to spend their lives defending themselves against all the rest of those mean-tempered birds who will happily peck each other to death.
Ditto. We have the Okanagan here, I just buy produce from our local farmers market. Not b/c I care about 'organic' vs non but b/c it just tastes better. We also grow veggies in our garden each year (tons of lettuce).
I have bought organic milk & notice a difference there. Whatever the larger dairies do, its different from Bessie-the-Cow milk.
The yolks of chickens who are free range are more yellow & natural looking to me. Taste the same fried up tho.
Squirrley, tell your husband to stop being retarded about the unpasturized stuff, he's gonna get sick. Vash already said why. Cavemen didn't cook their food either, once upon a time. Doesn't mean its good for them, some advancements make sense.
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