Organic Food??

   All right, someone's going to have to answer for this one.  I've heard some ridiculous terms before, but this one really tops the list: "Organic Food".

     Why "Organic"?  This implies to me that the food I normally buy is INorganic.  Have I been eating silicon apples and tin cheese up until now?  I should hope not, otherwise I'll have to ask some rather pointed questions, such as "how come I'm still alive?"  Food is naturally organic; it is somehow derived from organisms (with the exception of tofu and McDonalds).  Unless you've been dining on spare Toyota parts, you're already eating organic food.

     The foods so pointlessly termed "organic" are supposedly grown without the use of chemicals such as pesticides or fertilizers.  Now, on the one hand, this sounds good -- remember the joys of DDT -- but it should be noted that these chemicals are put to use for a reason.  Fertilizer is there to help the plants grow; without it your food ends up undernourished and of poor quality.  If you try and grow something without pesticide, you get -- surprise!! -- pests.  Of course, the producers love this because it reduces crop yield and gives them a fabulous excuse to jack up the prices; they know the public they've so carefully terrified will pay whatever ransom they demand for their little stunted organic peaches.

     So what do you end up with?  Bug ridden, poorly grown, expensive things.  Ah, the joys of clean living!  After all, why shouldn't we forsake centuries of scientific development to go back and use the same farming methods that were popular in medieval times?  Oh sure, most people there died of malnourishment and starvation before they turned 50, but that's a small price to pay to eliminate those naughty chemicals!  Right?

     Are we so blind that we'll bow to the whims of anyone hiding behind the mask of environmentalism these days?  This"Organic Food" name is misleading, and just another one of those sad, disgusting attempts by various folks to capitalize on the public's fear of chemicals and nutrition.  For my own sake, I'll stick to eating normal food; it's had long enough to kill me already.