Organic things

We have just found ourselves an organic farmer to drop us in some delightful vegetables. Which is good, isn't it?

Is organic the best and can it be sustainable?

Mike the non-organic veg man tells me if Ireland only ate organic veg in season, then the winters would be dull indeed. And what's more, there would not be enough veg in the country to feed all who desire it.

But it is nice to eat organic. To feel morally assured. To know that the vegetable had a good life and was treated with the utmost respect.

While I do think that it is better (the more free range and organic the better), can we really sustain a life of the former and the latter?

The cost is the thing:

1) A free-range chicken cost nearly three times as much as a normal (?) chicken

2) The majority of large producers have no interest in organic produce because of its quantity and its price

3) This means that organic things will continue to be more expensive and often out of the reach of those with less money.

4) Surely the government should introduce a subside on organic and free range things so as to help all involved, from the producer to the restaurateurs


Enough, with these salient ramblings.

I'm off to bed.

Jp.