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Post by musik on Sept 1, 2019 16:21:37 GMT
I heard this person arguing against eco food the other day (meaning food without any pesticides exposure).
He said: "there can't be any eco food produced anywhere in the world, since there are always aeroplanes flying over the fields, and/or lorrys transporting the vegetables and fruits".
"I want Real coffee, as I have always drunk it, not any eco coffee shit - where you have no idea what shit they've put into it", is another standard comment he uses at cafés.
I tried with:
"See it in the opposite way:
eco food are how food used to be produced, many years ago".
He shaked his head saying:
"Naa, it's just a way to earn money. Besides, it tastes like shit!"
Comments?
Are there any eco food?
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Post by Northy on Sept 1, 2019 16:54:21 GMT
Stuff grown in allotments and community gardens?
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Post by zerps on Sept 1, 2019 17:06:38 GMT
Moss
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Post by musik on Sept 1, 2019 17:35:02 GMT
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Post by musik on Sept 1, 2019 17:35:48 GMT
Stuff grown in allotments and community gardens? And eaten there? Otherwise, he would argue about the traffic again ... |
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Post by musik on Sept 1, 2019 17:37:35 GMT
The funny part is this:
"It tastes like shit!"
Used to the taste of pesticides?
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Post by musik on Sept 3, 2019 8:50:32 GMT
Around 30% of all my food is eco food. What about you?
Do you believe in eco food being eco food?
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Post by foster on Sept 3, 2019 11:25:48 GMT
Around 30% of all my food is eco food. What about you? Do you believe in eco food being eco food? Don't eat as much as I should. Mainly as bio/eco food is more expensive. If I had to put a % on how much of the food I buy is bio/eco labelled, then probably about 2%. |
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Post by thequietman on Sept 3, 2019 11:32:10 GMT
What is eco food, though, Musik? Unless it's grown in your own garden / allotment, you walk home with it, and (importantly) then eat it raw, it must a positive carbon footprint.
Home-grown spuds? I love 'em. Great eco food, right? But I have still to steam/boil them so the use of the electric/gas has an environmental impact.
I could resolve to only eat raw, home-grown radishes, carrots and tomatoes from now on, I suppose. And raw apples, pears and cherries from the garden for dessert.
Or I could resolve to eat as many bags of crisps and kebabs from now on - thereby reducing the supply for others and forcing them towards a more positive environmental lifestyle.
I suspect I'll be doing a mixture of both.
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Post by musik on Sept 3, 2019 11:39:19 GMT
Around 30% of all my food is eco food. What about you? Do you believe in eco food being eco food? Don't eat as much as I should. Mainly as bio/eco food is more expensive. If I had to put a % on how much of the food I buy is bio/eco labelled, then probably about 2%. I know. However, a food store here called 'Netto' have very reasonable prices on eco food, their own brand called "Eko". If it weren't for them I probably would have been on 5% to nothing ... I've also totally stopped buying cookies, buns, candy, soft drinks, chips etc to have some money left for the eco food. Since I'm not a tobacco, coffee or alcohol user either, I manage. Besides, when it comes to certain types of food here, many shops only have the eco food ones. This is often true for carrots and kale. So there is sometimes not even a choice, true also for other vegetables. The mentioned person in my initial post thinks I'm an idiot though, since "there are no such thing as eco food", he says. And that is really the aim with this thread: are there any eco food whatsoever? 😃 |
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Post by musik on Sept 3, 2019 11:58:03 GMT
What is eco food, though, Musik? Unless it's grown in your own garden / allotment, you walk home with it, and (importantly) then eat it raw, it must a positive carbon footprint. Home-grown spuds? I love 'em. Great eco food, right? But I have still to steam/boil them so the use of the electric/gas has an environmental impact. I could resolve to only eat raw, home-grown radishes, carrots and tomatoes from now on, I suppose. And raw apples, pears and cherries from the garden for dessert. I suspect I'll be doing a mixture of both. Yummie! Lovely! Home grown food is the best.😛 However, since I'm not having a garden - I wish everyone in the world had one - I would starve to death if I relied solely on what my indoor plants could bring. Short answer to your initial question: Eco food to me is: one without pesticides. I never go by bus or car to get my food, since I have all within walking distance. But most people can't live like that of course. I have a relative with a farm producing and selling only eco food, covering it all, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, herbs. But I can't buy anything from there - prices are twice as much compared to city stores. The only bad aspect with eco food is you can get mosquitoes and other insects together with the bought groceries, bringing their eventual diseases on to you - since there are no pesticides (the whole purpose with pesticides is to kill the insects). That has happened to me with eco salmon, that had some mosquitoes attached to it. And I also bought some azalea eco plants from Africa, which had hundreds of flies and really nasty mini mosquitoes, so I got an infection which lasted for several months after they'd bit me. |
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Post by thequietman on Sept 3, 2019 15:41:56 GMT
What is eco food, though, Musik? Unless it's grown in your own garden / allotment, you walk home with it, and (importantly) then eat it raw, it must a positive carbon footprint. Home-grown spuds? I love 'em. Great eco food, right? But I have still to steam/boil them so the use of the electric/gas has an environmental impact. I could resolve to only eat raw, home-grown radishes, carrots and tomatoes from now on, I suppose. And raw apples, pears and cherries from the garden for dessert. I suspect I'll be doing a mixture of both. Yummie! Lovely! Home grown food is the best.😛 However, since I'm not having a garden - I wish everyone in the world had one - I would starve to death if I relied solely on what my indoor plants could bring. Short answer to your initial question: Eco food to me is: one without pesticides. I never go by bus or car to get my food, since I have all within walking distance. But most people can't live like that of course. I have a relative with a farm producing and selling only eco food, covering it all, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, herbs. But I can't buy anything from there - prices are twice as much compared to city stores. The only bad aspect with eco food is you can get mosquitoes and other insects together with the bought groceries, bringing their eventual diseases on to you - since there are no pesticides (the whole purpose with pesticides is to kill the insects). That has happened to me with eco salmon, that had some mosquitoes attached to it. And I also bought some azalea eco plants from Africa, which had hundreds of flies and really nasty mini mosquitoes, so I got an infection which lasted for several months after they'd bit me. Hmm. Sounds to me, Musik, like eco food by your definition is a wonderful ideal to have but in reality it'll give you a nasty disease or even kill you.
Somewhat akin to sleeping with Kim Kardashian.
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Post by musik on Sept 3, 2019 17:02:08 GMT
Hmm. Sounds to me, Musik, like eco food by your definition is a wonderful ideal to have but in reality it'll give you a nasty disease or even kill you. Somewhat akin to sleeping with Kim Kardashian. Haha. In the worst case, yes. Growing fruits and vegetables in your own garden is ideal. |
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