The Italian Organic Farming Miracle
DUNCAN Turnbull on the soil association’s organic farming bollocks:
Take a pig living outdoors with space to run around. It is fed additive-free foods (spare fruit from the greengrocers, malted barley from the local brewery, etc) and is free to forage in the earth. It is just as happy as an organic pig, it lives just as long and eats just as well. However, unlike an organic pig it lacks the certificate hanging on the sty-wall, its feed bags lack the magic word, and the packaging for the sausages it makes contains no mention of it. The result is a product which tastes as good, has the same ethical credentials and still has impeccable provenance, but does not cost a fortune.
This is why the Italians have not embraced organics as the British have. They refuse to pay the Soil Association a fee to tell them that the meat they buy is good quality and refuse to delegate such an important part of eating well. Not only is it a matter of principle, it is a matter of pride. They know their butcher, know where their food comes from and know what goes into it. The superficial and commercialised label of “organic” is unnecessary and expensive.
And we lap it up…
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October 31st, 2008 at 5:02 am
Duncan:
You have hit the nail on the head. I worked for five years as an advanced organic inspector in the United States and Canada, and it’s all a crock!
The organic system not only relies on certificates as you point out, it also fails to test organic farms or undertake surprise inspections. If the Olympics were run the way the organic industry is run it would lead to every single world record being broken. It’s quite simply a free-for-all.
I tried to introduce the testing of organic farms and surprise inspections, but was punished for speaking out. For more information go to my website: http://www.isitorganic.ca
October 30th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
V true Mr Turnbull!
We, the British, lap up all the sub-std crap rejected by the rest of the world because we can’t afford to pay for our sausages to be reared on naturopathic health farms especially when the supermarkets demand around 45% margin on gross.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:54 am
who is we?