It’s always worthwhile having one’s most deeply-held convictions challenged. That must have been the thinking behind the UK Independent’s decision to publish today an article arguing against organic food.
“The great organic myths: Why organic foods are an indulgence the world can’t afford,” is by ‘environmental expert’ Rob Johnston.
Among the ‘myths’ Johnston lists are that [...]
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- are high prices for industrial food a good thing?
Posted in economics, food, policy, tagged food, Michael Pollan, organic food on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago we noted that high prices for industrially-produced food might be a good thing if you wanted people to buy more organics. Even the New York Times came to the same conclusion.
But not so fast, says Tom Philpott over at Grist.org.
Philpott worries that, as supermarket prices for conventional goods rise, people [...]
