RE: 'Frankenfish' or Tomorrow's Dinner?

From: Vandergraaf, Chuck (vandergraaft@aecl.ca)
Date: Sat Oct 21 2000 - 15:36:38 EDT

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    OK, Harry, I'll bite. What IS that elusive (to me) definition?

    Thanks

    C(h)uck ;-)
    > ----------
    > From: Harry Cook[SMTP:hcook@oanet.com]
    > Reply To: hcook@oanet.com
    > Sent: Saturday October 21, 2000 10:38 AM
    > To: 'kamillal@worldnet.att.net'; Vandergraaf, Chuck
    > Cc: asa@calvin.edu
    > Subject: RE: 'Frankenfish' or Tomorrow's Dinner?
    >
    > Cuck wrote
    >
    > I've been following this exchange with great interest. Please, define
    > for me, what is "organic?" Is DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
    > organic? What about 1.5-pentanediamine ("cadaverine")? Is
    > pasteurization of milk acceptable? How about boiling potatoes?
    > Irradiating spices? In each of these three cases, the chemical
    > structure of the food stuffs is being altered.
    >
    > "Organic" as it applies to farming and vegetable operations, is quite
    > carefullu defined.
    > --------------------
    > Harry Cook
    > 15032 84 Ave
    > Edmonton, AB T5R 3X5
    >
    > phone: 780-489-8563
    > email: hcook@oanet.com
    >



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