A century ago, workingmen often returned to their long-suffering wives to confess that they’d blown their entire paychecks on demon rum. Now that good organic food is so extravagantly expensive — not to mention groceries in general — spending everything on booze seems like the responsible choice.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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I love to read the ingredient panel on “organic” foods. Garbage touted as “healthy.” Only once in a great while do I see any reporting in the media on what a scam it all is. Ian Parker did a piece back in 2021.
I like to A/B test by buying both the organic and regular versions of an item. Sometimes it makes a real difference. I love organic kiwis but can’t stand the regular ones for example.
While it’s true that Americans are used to paying less for food (and more for medical care) than people elsewhere in the world, paying exorbitant prices to Amazon for being the middle man does not help farmers make a better living. That’s just one of many factors. Here in Davidson County, Tennessee, aka Nashville, land taxes on “agricultural land” are so high that there’s only one crop you could plant that would earn you enough money to pay them–and it’s not legal to grow! 🙂