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What is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason? (midwest.social)

submitted 10 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I worked in produce as a quality inspector for a couple years. Organic generally just means lower quality for higher price. No one is regulating it as far as I know, they can just skip pesticides, do everything else the same and charge more for the same product that actually cost them less to produce. We refered to it as a hillarious scam when the boss wasnt around.

[–] ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That depends on where you live though. Here in Denmark, as an example, we have a certificate called "Statskontrolleret økologisk" which basically translates to "Government-certified organic". There are specific guidelines and rules that need to be followed, to be allowed to use this seal on your product.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We have a similar system in the US. The US department of agriculture has a stamp they put on food that has strict criteria for what goes in it

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't it cost more to produce because you lose more crops to pests?

[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

No, thats just the bullshit they use to justify it.

Anything not looking good enough gets sent to a secondary outlet and is sold as is with no organic labels. The stuff that is a grade below that gets juiced ( dont drink fruit juice that you didnt make yourself if you can help it...). They are not losing a single pennie, they are making out like thieves