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[QUOTE=ecole66;922039]Yup many farmers are "country bumpkins" that can't read are probably smelly and dirty to. When was the last time you were even 10 miles outside of a city?[/QUOTE]
I was being facetious, of course! Based on previous posts, I believe OP started this thread to do a little pro-vegetarian trolling. Lighten up. I grew up on a 7 acre truck farm. We grew all of our own food, including chickens and eggs. We had family members who had bigger farms where we slaughtered hogs and beef-made our own scrapple, sausage and rendered our own lard.
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[QUOTE=dbalch;922015]I buy lamb, beef and chicken from three different local farmers. I have visited all of their farms. I trust them because I know them. They are not certified organic. I don't care.[/QUOTE]
That's the way to do it. Know your farmer, know your food.
Organic certification is an investment that allows a producer to sell for hella bux to people who don't look beyond the label.
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"Shake the hand that feeds you." Is one of the sayings going around in the slow foods movement. I heartily agree!
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What does organic certification mean in the US then? In the UK, meat can't be certified organic unless all its feed is organically produced also. (And at least 60% of the feed of grazing animals must be grass from the farm the animals live on.)
