Comments on: Food Standards Agency report on organic food – customer response

By: ossof

ossof — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:25:04 +0000

HIC – Jules !!!!…hahaha!

good grub makes all the difference…

If I – for whaterver reason – don’t eat my organic brunch from mostly Riveford – I end up really staggering for the rest of the day…

As an alcy who has controled his alcoholic input down to 9 pints a night, I’m like a lab experiment to discover whereever fresh, organic food makes a didfference…

It does.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:18:01 +0000

Good for you ossof! – good grub makes such a difference. Here’s to you! …….

By: ossof

ossof — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:11:34 +0000

Sigh – I guess there are two kinds of people in this world…

Those that think – and those that follow.

By: Rose Ashwell

Rose Ashwell — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:35 +0000

These reports make me so angry. They tasted organic stuff in supermarkets, probably at least a week old by the time it got there! Have they compared ‘proper organic’ from farm sources delivered fresh to our homes, against the chemically produced products. A research report comparing organic with ‘poisoned stuff’ said there was no difference, but they did not take pesticides into account! We eat organic for a) superb flavour
b) our health and
c) the variety of vegetables produced by growers

By: Vivien Cruickshank

Vivien Cruickshank — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:43 +0000

No real surprises from the FSA. There are huge vested interests that see organic food as the enemy of their beloved chemical industry which must be protected at all costs. Before the 1940′s, all food was more or less organic and had been so throughout history. We are adapted to eating organic food and yet it is seen as some elite and odd choice of diet. Just shows how well the propoganda works from the powers that be.

By: ossof

ossof — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:47:03 +0000

Oh my God -where’s the moderator when you need him?

Actually I did mean *post-war levels*….

You see I’m drunk as a skunk and so I got my meanings confused

But as it happens, I guess I’m a living example of Moy’s statement: *As an ‘organic’ customer, I attribute our continuing reasonably good health to the eating of wholesome, uncontaminated produce. *

I’m an alcoholic and have been boozing since the mid-nineties, but following a diet dominated by organic (not orgasmic) green vegetables -and now mostly supplied by Riverford – I have recently passed two bio-opsys (blood tests) with flying colours – much to the amazement of my doctor!

No liver damage, no cholestorol, nutrient count fine etc, etc…

I’m reminded of the ancients who couldn’t trust the water and mostly drank beer – and yet look what they achieved from Alexandra to the Parthenon….

On an unadulterated diet!

Hahaha:D

By: ossof

ossof — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:09:06 +0000

ossof // September 6, 2009 at 6:02 am | Reply

“a half of the post war levels? ”

Sorry, I meant *pre-war* levels.

By: ossof

ossof — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:02:18 +0000

When you consider that when a farm goes organic it’s yields drop by what – a half of the post war levels? – in other words back down to a sustainable level of agriculture, then its no wonder a government quango like the FSA starts attacking systems that undermine Britain’s and Europe’s ability to feed itself, while all the while encouraging unlimited immigration into our crowded continent.

In a word it’s liberalism – and like communism before it, it’s insane ideology is doing and will do untold damage before it finally dies from it’s own insane paradoxes!

By: Moy

Moy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:32:45 +0000

One expects distortion, omission and bias from official reports – whatever the topic, so the Food Agency’s comments came as no particular surprise given that government has its own steadfast agenda regarding food supply, profitability, and the resultant slow poisoning of citizens with adulterated food and ‘healthcare’.
As an ‘organic’ customer, I attribute our continuing reasonably good health to the eating of wholesome, uncontaminated produce. Long may Riverford’s high standards and quality (surpassing its rival competitors) endure.
Know that you are much appreciated!

By: dave stewart

dave stewart — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:57:37 +0000

Unfortunately papers will jump onto any report and very rarely give a reasoned review of the report. To me the biggest criticism of the report is that it is about food and nothing is mentioned about taste. The non-organic choice of growing veg varietes to match a particular criteria (size, colour, shape) means that taste is always compromised. Remember we are talking about food here, when was the last time you said that the food was great because the carrots were perfectly straight. Riverford keep up the good work and I will continue to get my boxes from you, in the knowledge that my veg will TASTE great.