Daniel’s iPhone Photo Blog
Daniel’s iPhone Photo Blog
Organic
Thursday, July 30, 2009
These days, everything that is consumed in the United States has to be organic. To those who, like myself, tend to hang on to the antiquated notion that words actually have a precise meaning and don’t require Madison Avenue marketing gurus to come up with new definitions for the sole purpose of increasing someone’s profit margins, the very idea of adding the adjective “organic” to nouns such as meat, eggs, milk, apples, or coffee (as shown in today’s photo) seems to be redundant and, dare I say it, ridiculous. What “organic” actually means nowadays, I’m told, is that the foods were produced in an environment-friendly way and that third-world farmers were paid an honest price for their products. Call me cynical, but all I see is an increase in price...