Monday, August 23, 2010

Organic Guilt

Eric S. Raymond at Armed and Dangerous on organic guilt:
Ah, but then came the deadly disclaimers. “VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE NO GMOs NO TRANS FAT.” and “We support local and fair-trade sources growing certified organic, transitional, and pesticide-free products.” Aaaarrrgggh! Suddenly my lovely potential snack was covered with an evil-smelling miasma of diet-faddery, sanctimony, political correctness, and just plain nonsense. This, I find, is a chronic problem with buying “organic”.

2 comments:

catdaddio42 said...

The best description of the new "foodie religion" I've seen is the paper from the Hoover Institute at http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5542. It's fun and interesting.

catdaddio42 said...

The best explanation of the insanity that is the new foodie religion is a paper that asks "Is food the new sex?" Check it out at http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5542