This may be the first and only time I have supported FOL but ON AVERAGE, organic food does seem to have more flavor than non-organic or GMO. I don't say this because I'm against genetically modified foods, I think they are important to feed the world, but because I have had gardens on and off for a lot of my life (as well as people in my family) and the fruits and veggies are often miles better than what you can find in the stores. And yeah, I could easily tell that in a blind taste test.
I found this with apples mostly years and years ago. They used to be so juicy and flavorful. Now a lot of them just taste like a potato as far as flavor and texture go. Oranges seem to have gone the same way too.
I wonder if part of that is that they now grow fruit and veggies year round now. I'm old enough to remember when you could only get certain/most things when they were in season. Now you can get them all year round.
As far as organic stores and products go, I almost never shop for those things, I don't have enough money. But when I have gone with friends I have often noticed a difference.
I want to say often because sometimes there is no difference. Also there have been enough cases of things being advertised as organic, when they really are not.
As far as Monsanto goes, I think companies like that are needed with the world as overpopulated as it is. That said, it is always risky when a company gets to big or has too much influence over our lives. I do not think it's bad at all that the lens is pointed at them right now.
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