Comments on: Baguio strawberry picking late this season http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/ Family, food, photography Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Connie Veneracion http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/comment-page-1/#comment-62152 Connie Veneracion Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:27:37 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=6629#comment-62152 That's the standard answer for proponents of organic produce who don't seem to wonder about the offset -- savings on pesticides and equipment for applying the pesticides. That’s the standard answer for proponents of organic produce who don’t seem to wonder about the offset — savings on pesticides and equipment for applying the pesticides.

]]> By: nisa de lumban http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/comment-page-1/#comment-62151 nisa de lumban Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:42:24 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=6629#comment-62151 i have an answer for your ending statements. organically-grown products are expensive because producing organic food products are more LABOR-INTENSIVE. so if you're wondering why organic products are expensive despite the fact that the inputs (e.g organic fertilizer) are much much cheaper, its because it is given more TLC than conventional food products. :) i have an answer for your ending statements.

organically-grown products are expensive because producing organic food products are more LABOR-INTENSIVE. so if you’re wondering why organic products are expensive despite the fact that the inputs (e.g organic fertilizer) are much much cheaper, its because it is given more TLC than conventional food products. :)

]]> By: Fresh strawberries | Asian Pantry | Home-cooking rocks! http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/comment-page-1/#comment-62150 Fresh strawberries | Asian Pantry | Home-cooking rocks! Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:30:34 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=6629#comment-62150 [...] cake was on a December and, over the Christmas break, we often make lots and lots of strawberry milkshake. And we’ve added a new way to enjoy our fresh strawberries this year — home made [...] [...] cake was on a December and, over the Christmas break, we often make lots and lots of strawberry milkshake. And we’ve added a new way to enjoy our fresh strawberries this year — home made [...]

]]> By: Connie Veneracion http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/comment-page-1/#comment-62149 Connie Veneracion Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:51:16 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=6629#comment-62149 Re "the effects pesticide exposure has on the farmers" That reminds me of a case here in the Philippines about farmers planting Monsanto corn. A whole village getting sick. Sad truth is anything can be labeled "organic", even those planted with toxic chemicals, and consumers won't know any better. Even with farmers, corporations can sell them "organic" fertilizers and they won't really know. Then they'll pass off their produce as "organic", with no intention to lie to the public. Re “the effects pesticide exposure has on the farmers”

That reminds me of a case here in the Philippines about farmers planting Monsanto corn. A whole village getting sick. Sad truth is anything can be labeled “organic”, even those planted with toxic chemicals, and consumers won’t know any better. Even with farmers, corporations can sell them “organic” fertilizers and they won’t really know. Then they’ll pass off their produce as “organic”, with no intention to lie to the public.

]]> By: Abbie http://casaveneracion.com/baguio-strawberry-picking-late-this-season/comment-page-1/#comment-62148 Abbie Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:36:38 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=6629#comment-62148 The motivation for buying organic varies from person to person. Aside from health reasons and concern for the environment, I worry about the effects pesticide exposure has on the farmers using them. In the Salinas Valley, not far from where I live, most of these farmers are low-income migrant workers who live close to the ground, so to speak, with their wives and children. Exposure to DDT, for example, have been shown to have adverse neurological effects on babies of California farm workers. Pesticides have also been found in the groundwater in Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley Basin, hitting even closer to home. I'd like to buy more organic products, milk especially, but the cost is truly off-putting. These days, I tend to just get the "must-buy" organic items, strawberries included, and only when the price jump is not too steep. Consumer Reports has a list here: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/when-buying-organic-pays-and-doesnt/index.htm The motivation for buying organic varies from person to person. Aside from health reasons and concern for the environment, I worry about the effects pesticide exposure has on the farmers using them. In the Salinas Valley, not far from where I live, most of these farmers are low-income migrant workers who live close to the ground, so to speak, with their wives and children. Exposure to DDT, for example, have been shown to have adverse neurological effects on babies of California farm workers. Pesticides have also been found in the groundwater in Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley Basin, hitting even closer to home.

I’d like to buy more organic products, milk especially, but the cost is truly off-putting. These days, I tend to just get the “must-buy” organic items, strawberries included, and only when the price jump is not too steep. Consumer Reports has a list here: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/when-buying-organic-pays-and-doesnt/index.htm

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