Mutated organic food from supermarkets
Organic food , the marketing and their logos are lobbied by the big food corporations. The true meaning of organic principles have mutated to mass production. A definition for an emerging food sector is presented here:
| Organic Food | For supermarket products according the Organic Foods Production Act 1990, sold by market corporations, Air transport and high carbon footprint. |
| Holistic food | For small farms and special stores selling original foods. Environmental friendly. Only localy produced foods. with low carbon footprint |
Organic food is regulated by the Organic Foods Production Act 1990. This act is industry and retailer friendly. It allows monoculture, airfreight, mass production. Organic food has abandoned the principles of the original ideas of a holistic way of life.
Mutated organic food from supermarkets
ORGANIC food from Supermarkets are good for egocentric consumers who want to avoid pesticides, hormones, GMO and chemical fertilizers. Environment is secondary for this group. This food may be called "ORGANIC"
Original philosophy of organic food
The original ideas of ORGANIC food was the altruistic way of life to live in harmony with nature and not harm environment and animals. This way of life is still being followed by small original farms which must be protected against to allmighty retailers. The present SURVEY tries to establish a difference between ORGANIC FOOD from the supermarket and the traditional idea of an holistic way of life. This food deserves to be protected bearing a different denomination such as HOLISTIC FOOD.
Air traffic for “organic” food
Food and ingredients such as flavours transported by air traffic are not “organic”. It does not meet the original meaning of nature preserving farming. Annoying discussion on air traffic for organic foods rises again.
Earthoil exerts pressure on the certifying Soil Association to allow air traffic to fly in tons of organic mint from India and rose petals from Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran. The company is optimistic that Soil Association will weaken the tightness of the proposed certification standards allowing exceptions in air traffic. The position of Soil Association is that carbon emissions from air freighting can be justified in some situations.
Anyhow, most of “organic” costumers look for these produces in supermarkets because of lower prices found in farm or traditional small shops. Their buying inducement are based on low pesticides and personal health advantages. Nature preservation is not being considered. The discussion on air traffic ban is therefore of no concern to these customers.
Please take the survey: ORGANIC SURVEY
Happy animals at an organic farm in Germany