Farmer Don: In His Own Words

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A small family farmer offers his views about what American consumers want in their fruits and vegetables.

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[cdoc77]

I don't mind flaws, but I can guarantee you can grow organic tomatoes just as big and of the same if not better quality.

[cookingupastory]

What do mean by quality, cdoc77? Personally I'm looking for great flavor! And I think ones grown w/o pesticides just taste better.

[EnviroMonster]

I would rather have a bug,worm or flaw than a chemical.

[cookingupastory]

It's like home crafted items sometimes say 'this is a handmade item, some flaws may be noted'. That sometimes stands true for non-sprayed items too. I'm with ya.

[angelbe88]

I choose organic because I don't want to eat a bunch of toxic chemicals with my food. I would rather eat a worm than pesticides. We need more farmers to grow organic.

[MegaTmarshall]

If bugs die from GMO crops & sprays then why should people eat it???

[DackIsBack]

The solution is smaller crops...

Grow Your Own Food.

[san123blue]

I don't mind having some worms or insects in my vegetables . As long as it not sprayed . Also farmers save big money if the don't spray their crops.

[kirbyraid5]

"you can't have the best of both worlds" Hanna Montana disagrees...

[boxa888]

@angelbe88 DO SOMETHING THEN!spread organic heirloom food seed far and wide, its called"johnny appleseed economics"or"gorrila gardens",spread more organic food. wake up everyone,do your part!!?IF YOU ARE angry,get seed and make a organic revolution your way.SPREAD THE ORGANIC SEED EVERYWHERE TELL OTHERS! INCREASE THE FOOD SUPPLY RIGHT NOW WHILE WE GOT TIME!! GROW VERTICAL GARDENS IF YOU DONT HAVE THE SPACE! START NOW!SOLAR ENERGY, HAM RADIO, WATER!

tell 10 OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT NOW!

[metaspherz]

Fact is just because the package says organic is NOT a guarnatee that it wasn't sprayed with something! Many organic growers use organic pesticides to kill the insects infecting their crops. Earwigs attacked my corn this year so I used a mixture of insecticidal soap (made from fatty acids & plants), garlic, lime juice, hot pepper sauce & strained before adding it to water in a spray bottle. My garden is small so it was easy to use. but acres of corn needs something more than a few spritzes.

[ispyaspy]

Fuck Monsanto.

[rikray1]

I hate using chemicals on fruits and vegetables. Generally the worms attack the top portion of the corn....so it's really no big deal to clip off the top inch or so of the ear.

GO ORGANIC!!!!!

[thebestanswerever]

@sensiblechic303 they cost more because they arent able to be bought in bulk the way the mass produced stuff is. if everyone started buying organic in walmart then that would be the norm and organic would be less than the other, its about supply and demand, right now the demand is not high enough for the farmer to go organic, if everytime the store got organic it sold out they would buy more, then the farmer would make more, and on down the line

[thebestanswerever]

@willyD200 at one time apples would have been more resistant to bugs and disease, as we have hybridized and made new cultivars, the plant loses its natural defenses, say we keep breeding the sweetest apples, maybe it had a defense that tasted bad to the worm but now its not there because we focused on sweetening it up, or back then they werent planted in orchards so that the worms could find such a readily available source, they were scattered more,instead of jumping from one tree to the next