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	<title>Okanagan Business Examiner</title>
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		<title>The Organic Hoax</title>
		<link>http://www.businessexaminer.ca/the-organic-hoax</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Your *american* assertions are interesting (if true), however, as someone involved in organic farming and distribution in Canada; I can assure you that from Canadian farmers to processors, and distributors there are many inspections and monitoring processes. 

To buy organic is to affect the flow of consumer products away from "non-organic" food production and towards the promotion of a healthier, more natural method of food production in our country. 

Let's face it... the young urban professional families in Canada's metropolises are not about to pack up and go schlepping out to the country in search of a farmer that claims to be "organic" everytime they need something from the grocery store. That suggestion crosses the line into the rediculous.

If you are unhappy with the controls of the organic food production industry, then lobby to have them changed. You cannot advocate the abandonment of the nations food stores (an economic pillar of Canada, especially in a recession [everyone wants jobs]) and expect to be taken seriously.

In urban centers, people are dependant on food store supply channels to provide them with an accessible supply of food. If you do not like what product is comming down the chain, change your purchasing habits. Whatever the consumer market demands, the supply market will provide. If you want only certified organic food, stop buying non certified organic food. The suppliers will respond to the change in demand rapidly. 

If you seek stricter regulation and monitoring of organic food producers... lobby the government, circulate petitions, stage demonstrations, or other wise make your voice heard by those who have the power to affect the changes you want to see. To say "I don't wanna play anymore... I'm not gonna play with you!" will affect the same change it does on the elementary school play ground (which is where that attitude belongs). Playground business continues as normal and one pouty kid sits in the grass by himself.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:29:17 PST</pubDate>
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