ORGANIC Fish
I was at Whole Foods last weekend when I overheard a lady ask the guys working in the Fish Department if they sold “organic” fish.
He explained to her that they don’t label fish “organic” because it all comes directly from… well… the ocean.
The lady stood there surprised. I don’t think she believed him.
It makes you think about that whole “organic” label thing though. I ended up buying some “organic” sweet corn on Wednesday. I wanted to ask the guy, “So this is organic corn? As opposed to corn that was grown in your basement?” I’m just not sure how that all works.
I think it’s kind of like when it became the cool thing to put “antibacterial” on a bottle of soap. “New Antibacterial Formula!” What was soap supposed to be before that?
August 25th, 2006 at 9:17 am
So I thought I’d clarify…
Actually, organically raised fish would be those that indeed come from the ocean as opposed to fish farms. Same with corn. Organically raised corn will more than likely not use chemical pesticides. It will also not be genetically engineered corn. Essentially everything that goes into organic food should be less commercialized. It’s like buying eggs from the farmer down the road. More than likely they are “organic”. Whereas eggs at the average grocery are straight up manufactured at an egg farm, and probably under unhealthy conditions (think of Buckeye Egg saga from a few years ago).
There is a big difference. However, most average grocery stores that have “organic” products are in fact just fancy/creative labeling.
August 28th, 2006 at 7:00 am
My in-Laws are organic farmers.
August 30th, 2006 at 9:49 am
I’m convinced that we’re surrounded by idiots. This backs my theory.