I guess the real question is whether using the power of Wal-mart is considered making a deal with the devil or a means to giving at least a little bit of a good choice to consumers who may not have access to organic foods otherwise. Maybe this is more of a teaching moment than would first appear on the surface. While I understand that no one likes to be reduced to a fad, isn't it still a good thing to see more demand for organic foods? I've never thought crunchy-ness is all or nothing, but that's sort of the feeling I get from Bruce Frohnen's latest post.
An interesting distinction! I’d rather see folks buying produce grown conventionally or organically from local farmers rather than organic at Megalo-mart. I’m not convinced that organic vegetables per se are any better than their counterparts. Fresh vegetables, however they’re produced, certainly are, and it’s always a great thing to build a local food economy. I feel differently about livestock farming.
