Grocery stores / supermarkets in Denver

[tcbelvis]

Originally Posted by illinoisphotographer

What does that even mean? They aren't growing the food in the store where things could cross pollinate and every item has it's own PLU number you can look at if you aren't sure which is which.

It means you are trusting some kid making $8 an hour to stack the produce properly in the backroom cooler so that all the pesticides form the conventional don't drip onto the organic. It means the water sprayers at Safeway spray roundup residue into the air and the water drips onto the organic. YUM! BTW this also happens in the meat department... bloody beef dripping onto the chicken. I spent years working in a grocery store and have seen it all... not worth the risk given what they are using to grow conventional produce these days.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by tcbelvis

It means you are trusting some kid making $8 an hour to stack the produce properly in the backroom cooler so that all the pesticides form the conventional don't drip onto the organic. It means the water sprayers at Safeway spray roundup residue into the air and the water drips onto the organic. YUM! BTW this also happens in the meat department... bloody beef dripping onto the chicken. I spent years working in a grocery store and have seen it all... not worth the risk given what they are using to grow conventional produce these days.

Oh well. We are all going to die form something. I will just wash my produce and cook my meat thoroughly.

I love to use organic but I am not going to freak out if an organic apple is touching a non-organic one. I am not going to lose any sleep if I get a non-organic tomato mixed in with my organic. It happens.

I worked at Costco a long time ago and I never saw them drip meat juice on other types of meats. It could happen but most likely it rarely does. If you want to see disturbing food things work in fast food. I did that when I was a teenager. I am sure things have changed in the last 25 years but nobody really knows what is going on behind the scenes.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by tcbelvis

It means you are trusting some kid making $8 an hour to stack the produce properly in the backroom cooler so that all the pesticides form the conventional don't drip onto the organic. It means the water sprayers at Safeway spray roundup residue into the air and the water drips onto the organic. YUM! BTW this also happens in the meat department... bloody beef dripping onto the chicken. I spent years working in a grocery store and have seen it all... not worth the risk given what they are using to grow conventional produce these days.

First of all, no one in Colorado is making $8/hr at a grocery store. Minimum wage for non-tipped employees is $10.20/hr. Secondly, I know this is a big presumption, but I think the produce is washed before it is put on display. That doesn't mean you shouldn't wash it before you eat it, mind you. Lastly, a lot of the pesticides/fertilizers are inside the produce itself, not just on the outside. Meats are generally wrapped.

[illinoisphotographer]

Originally Posted by tcbelvis

It means you are trusting some kid making $8 an hour to stack the produce properly in the backroom cooler so that all the pesticides form the conventional don't drip onto the organic. It means the water sprayers at Safeway spray roundup residue into the air and the water drips onto the organic. YUM! BTW this also happens in the meat department... bloody beef dripping onto the chicken. I spent years working in a grocery store and have seen it all... not worth the risk given what they are using to grow conventional produce these days.

Don't most people rinse their produce or meats (chicken at least) before eating/cooking it, anyways? That's what I was taught growing up, at least. Not because of pesticides but because of common germs and such from people handling the food between shipping and stocking and customers.

I just don't see any "risk" involved, especially since a lot of organic produce still has pesticides on it anyways (just different varieties than conventional).

[Moonwalkr]

You do realize at Natural Grocers they don't wash hands prior to handling produce right? So they could be bringing in pesticides from the outside (it's all around us). Plus the stores are not positive pressure enclosed spaces. So GMOs are bombarding all the contents in the store all the time. All shoppers don't shower and step on sticky mats prior to entering, so that's a huge amount of drug-resistant bacteria and non-sterile dirt you are bringing into the store.

[daprara]

Originally Posted by Moonwalkr

You do realize at Natural Grocers they don't wash hands prior to handling produce...

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