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Hillary - 2004-02-03 13:17:12
I voted for beef too!
That "I am" question was curious. What kind of responses were they hoping for?
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Michael McC. - 2004-02-03 15:30:22
There was room for everything but the last g! in "a transgendered person of color - just kidding!"...I have no idea what they were looking for in that many characters, but something PC sounded like a winner.* * * * * * * * * * * *
Leighton - 2004-02-03 18:42:51
I asked for some more pet stuff. (Could be interpreted as organic meat).
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Laura - 2004-02-03 19:46:32
I got an email from a staff member agreeing that organic meat might be a good idea. I emailed back and pointed out that is an as yet unfilled niche downtown--next nearest source is Whole Foods way down Washtenaw--and they'd dominate the niche if they carried it...
I had to laugh at Michael's response and conclusion...I lamed out and just put "a non-vegetarian fan of the coop."* * * * * * * * * * * *
Michael McC. - 2004-02-04 08:51:55
I voted yes on the pre-pay buying club, done online. That could get us reasonably priced high-grade organic/natural food. I hate paying the 300% average bump on organic food, and I don't do it very often. Organic meat is really difficult to do, since you need organic feed (very rare); I'll settle for animals fed without chemical garbage. There's a lot of bushwa in "organic", trust me, I've certified factories as being organic.* * * * * * * * * * * *
Laura - 2004-02-04 20:41:32
Two good points. You're right. Online buying could let them do bulk orders. And "organic" as a term is not fully standardized to my understanding...but grass-fed is kinda what I was thinking. That's what the Lamb Farm in Manchester offers (plus no hormones/antibiotics).* * * * * * * * * * * *
Michael McC. - 2004-02-05 07:28:07
There's different kinds of organic, depending on the strictness of the certification standards. There are Fed regs on it, but a lot of the organic farmers are stricter than that. California organic doesn't necessarily mean much; it could have had pesticides on the field the previous year. Grass-fed doesn't mean much at all, unfortunately - all the beef in Argentina is grass-fed, and there's no controls about chemicals there except for McDonald's internal standards - which are stricter than the US's.* * * * * * * * * * * *
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