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I have never been a huge purchaser of organic food, but I do always get organic or rBST free milk. I have friends who have gone all-organic, and some even have organic produce delivered to their houses. Now the NY Times tells us that if the Big Boys have their way, the very meaning of “organic” might soon change. Since it’s the fastest growing category of all food, Walmart, McDonald’s, Smucker’s et al. want to get in on the action, and they’re trying to change the standards to benefit the bottom line. At stake is the ability of food producers to use the coveted “USDA organic” seal on their products. I understand the importance of all these issues, but it did kind of strike me as funny to see the odd combination of investigative reporting and cows. You’ve gotta love an expose where the shocking revelations are not about sex, violence or corrupt politics…but instead about cows being “confined to grassless, dirt-lined pens and eating from a…trough filled with 55 percent hay and 45 percent grains”.

--Melanie