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Organics Too Expensive, But Cable TV Isn't?
A recent posting on Justmeans' Facebook page raised a great point about health decision-making worth exploring more. "When people complain about the price of organic food in the US, but still carry a $100/mo cable bill, it makes me wonder where our priorities really are," the post professes.
Three possible contributing and interrelated factors:
1. Known versus unknown benefits. The choices are not between TV and food, but likely hinges on the perceived marginal benefits, or lack there of, that higher cost organics provide. There's no apparent difference between an organic and conventional banana, except $2-a-pound in cost. And while its logical that lower pesticide, non-GMO food is healthier (not to mention more socially responsible), there's to date no slam-dunk 'proven' benefit from organics (more on this later). Many shoppers may even harbor skepticism about Organics. Any benefits from organics likely take a long time and manifest themselves in ways that can't always be attributable with any degree of certainty. TV, meanwhile, provides known and instant 'value' to viewers.
2. Compounding this is a general sense of social support and what's considered the norm. Dishwashers, TVs, microwaves all considered household essentials. Social support is known to help improve health behaviors and support health-related behavior change. Wellness Layers is an example of a business that has leveraged the power of social support to impressive effect. When all your neighbors have cable, its easier to justify, and perhaps going without would feel like deprivation.
3. Revisiting the concept of proven benefits, even known risks and benefits aren't well understood. A classic example is childhood vaccine. Though vaccines provide known, quantified protection against known health threats, they also carry risks. The fact that the protection against often deadly disease is large, and the risks are often trivial and exceedingly small isn't enough to convince some skeptical parents to vaccinate their kids. Never-mind the fact that it should be considered the social responsibility of the healthy to face those miniscule risks presented by vaccination in the name of "herd immunity" that provides protection for those at higher risk. Even doctors aren't immune from such avoidable ignorance: Studies have found that most doctors believe that stents (also known as PCI) save lives in people who haven't had already had a heart attack, even though there's no evidence of this. The result is a lot of unnecessary procedures that can only cause harm (not to mention waste money). All this means that even if known benefits of organics were widely publicized, it may not be enough to prompt folks to make smarter purchasing decisions. If I really want to watch TV, I really want to watch TV, and I can always throw water in the face of scientific or financial facts that suggest a different course of action.
What other factors weigh into such seemingly illogical decisions? And how about you, do you forgo unnecessary expenses such as cable or the latest cell phone so that you can contribute to healthier and more socially responsible decisions?
http://http://www.justmeans.com/Organics-Too-Expensive-But-Cable-TV...
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Permalink Reply by Mandy Allen on -
Gosh, what a question. I do eat well, I don't buy cheap alternatives and do buy organic meat, although not vegetables. Partly because I have read the reports about how cheap meat is produced, and primarily how the animals are treated beforehand. I go to a local farm shop and can see the animals in the fields all around. This is what I am paying extra for - their well being. Hopefully an offshoot of that is that I eat more healthily, get better produce, and don't end up with some awful disease like CJD in the future - which no-one saw coming. But do I sacrifice material luxuries for these higher priced (and better tasting) foods? I am a very frugal person anyway, I turn all my appliances off at the plug when they're not in use, I only fill the kettle with the amount of water I need to heat, I recycle, re-use and try not to waste anything, but no, there is nothing I go without if I want it. (I don't have any form of satellite tv, in fact just lost my telly when they changed from analogue to digital here in the UK in August. Most of it is rubbish anyway, I'm certainly not prepared to pay extra for it on top of the extortionate licence fee!)
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Permalink Reply by Susan Holloway on
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The really sad thing about all of this is what we're doing to our kids health out of ignorance. In the U.S. obesity among children is out-of-control because of processed foods and garbage fast foods. We're seeing adult-type diseases in kids such as Type II diabetes.
More and more adults are suffering with auto-immune disorders, heart disease, countless types of digestive disorders, fibromyalgia, Type II diabetes, and on and on. What's it going to take to wake people up? What we call "food" is packed full of chemicals and devoid of nutrition. Everyone is too busy these days to make the effort to cook real nutritious foods for their families.
And for those desiring to avoid all of the chemicals, we face higher prices for organic. On the plus side, stores are adding more organic products all the time. If we'd would jointly commit to buy organically grown produce and chemical-free natural products the prices would start coming down. The suppliers would then realize the demand and fill the need.
I believe, too, that education has to begin at a young age to offer any hope of a better future. As parents and grandparents we can actively participate in this educational process.
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Permalink Reply by Catherine Workman on -
Good point! If you're into organic, there's actually something even better at http://bitly.com/fgbfood. Enjoy!
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Permalink Reply by N.J.Bond on -
I am a farmer from India from a family well preserved culture and tradition . Let me see your problems on my perspectives and Eastern wisdom way . Since we are all living now a village called Globe it matters you read my writings now and for future in this site . Certainly I will appear like flickering from one to another in subjects that is academically mad but real nature creative approach .Look at any folk song it does not follow all academic order in meaning and content but it just goes in spontaneous way . The knowledge we value here is a kind different it is only in knowingness in stillness of mind by fine tuned living for long and over time observed real and truths.
Our ancestors had known Quantum Mechanism , Nano Tech is nothing new to them as well to many ancient cultures .India Brand today is its own universe in cream , mask and serum making success in beauty parlours is proof that what I am saying is right . Similarly our human body is 5 kinds in Physical , Mental , Emotinal, INTELLECTUAL and Spiritual. 97% OF THE GLOBE IS POPULATED WITH UNCONSCIOUS INTELLECTS OF STORED KNOWLEDGE . Addict to Logic and rational. Practise pyscho analysis but refuse to believe in Souls . When knowledge has to turn understanding it takes real and true nature living at organic way. It is in this stillness of mind clarity one receives not from nature in packages material but he knows and experiences. What one knows and experiences is not stored in library . IT WAS RECORDED IN ETHICAL MORES ,CODES IN LOCAL VERNACULAR LANGUAGES . TILL DAY IT IS HIDDEN IN PAGES OF HISTORY NOT KNOW TO OUT SIDE WORLD WHICH IS 97% FILLED WITH UN CONSCIOUS ONES , AND THEY RULE OUR NATIONS AND ECONOMY IS GOVERNED .
Academically unconsious one cannot know what , when , why things like deep , great depression and recession is going to get set .Anthropocene concept is man is free , he is centric and Scientists are Gods .
We are taught to celebrate extra-ordinaries in academies not ordinaries. Best thing like love free in this world . Worest thing like Luxury , Comforts and Convenience , complex things like institutions , structures , organisations ,and structures and systems are all mosters created by man kind un conciously in the last 300 years is neither collapsing not reforming .They are dinocers going to keep long time roaming .
For example Man Made Indigo is poison , this poison to the tune of 85,000 metric tons is pollution bio, chemical, radiationl levels all 5 micaro cosomes , 7 color auras in biomes. Biomes are medicine bacterias
manufactures in our body Pharmas and bio factories that can wage war with wicked and bring balance and blissful disease controlled human organs . Our mythical artists/ live scientists of Auyer vedic time on created art of Ecstasy and Bio-Sheilds that work like Body sheath to a seed , and functions exterior cover called Health Rich Garments when dyed on 5 Ethnic color and and natural fibers , garments and etc.
This is to build immune-system and detox and scavenge inner eco-cosome and outer macro elements that this universe is made of as the body is made of micro ones .
When Organic cotton Natural Indigo tannin binder ethnic process dyed it is art of ecstasy inward mother nature exploited minimum product object to easy live and in simple style . One can live out the entire life with a pair of jeans. Nirwana is a fact in our culture and way of life . Easy living , minimum objects , simple virtue based fashion and style is sustainable and vital for now . IT AMY BE BACK TO BASIC , BUT FUTURE IS IMPORTANT.
Organic cotton natural dyed Denim Jeans made in Japan is selling 1000 U.S. $, it is possible to produce in India at 33 $ a piece . So organic is not expensive but exclusive inbuilt , it tend to custome produce in small operation more and more , not imitate like it is must for Bigs . Big Corporates have the structural issue here to meed eco death , Organic small units like ours will be back which is future .
We have clear vision that the entire chemical used in DENIM INDUSTRY CAN BE RE PLACED with natural Indigo .
Ban the external exploitation , bring in inward exploitation of earth , save her from the cancer hospital She is bleeding in cancer now no time to loose. Many miles to go in sustainable way .
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Permalink Reply by Kim Peterson on -
N.J. Thank you for your posts. Do you have a web site where you market your clothing?
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Madam,
Yes , it is earned website www.offsetwarehouse .com .
Our own is www.transindiaexports.net
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Thanks for your informative posts Angelica. Wishing you and your family great Health, Happiness & Success in 2012 & beyond!
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