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The value of value

king_of_inismac · 2012-05-28 11:25:53

I've been thinking about this a lot lately (based on an interesting Podcast from the guys at Freakanomics). They were discussing organic food and the increased cost associated with it. At the start, people accepted that organic food had to be more expensive because of the increased production costs. However, would people…

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#52 28-05-2012 10:12pm

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ScumLord wrote: »

Most bananas are clones of the same plant that they've been reusing for decades.

"Organic" is a very lose term in some places too. In Ireland Organic goes beyond chemicals too, you have to have consideration for the wildlife that might be on your farm which means a reduction in usable land. I'd wonder what constitutes organic in the country tescos buys there bananas from? Fair trade would be a much more useful logo to see on their products.

Tesco organic bananas are also fair trade.

I'm pretty sure Tesco are truthful about their fruit being organic. You can tell there's no preservatives or other chemicals in them because they're often going mouldy on the supermarket shelf.

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