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re: Tampa Bay Reporter Calls BS on "Farm-to-Table" Restaurants and Farmer's Markets
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:24 pm to doublecutter
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:24 pm to doublecutter
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I know a guy who runs a reefer (refrigerated trailer) 18 wheeler. He says that numerous times he has picked up a truckload of produce at a farm. He delivers the produce to regular supermarkets and Whole Foods. Same produce from the same fields, labeled organic at Whole Foods and no such labeling at regular supermarkets. Because it's not organic.
Doubtful. Maybe their stuff really isn't organic, but they wouldn't make it so easy and obvious to track the true origins of their produce. If that got out, they'd be bankrupt.
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Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:25 pm to Hammertime
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You're gonna get tilapia labeled as catfish at almost every restaurant
at every restaurant? Dude catfish isn't some exotic species, it's pretty obtainable for cheap
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:36 pm to supadave3
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He must mean Vietnamese Basa
Yep.
I talked to an owner of an old well known place with a great reputation up the river while at lunch a few weeks ago and he admitted that he uses that instead of local catfish. I'm sorry, but it pissed me off to learn this info.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:42 pm to MikeyFL
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This post was edited on 1/17/17 at 12:37 am
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:42 pm to MikeyFL
You people are obsessed with all things Florida.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:47 pm to MikeyFL
Kudos to this local reporter. Unfortunately most local journalism has fallen by the wayside because they're afraid to piss off potential advertisers.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:51 pm to athenslife101
There ain't going to be anything farm to table in fricking Florida
Yeah, it's not like Florida isn't one of the largest agricultural states in the Union.
Yeah, it's not like Florida isn't one of the largest agricultural states in the Union.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 9:58 pm to notiger1997
Some restaurants also use swaii
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:15 pm to MikeyFL
Reminds of:
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:15 pm to MikeyFL
Hurts my heart to read this, both for the deception of the general trying-to-do-the-right-thing public, and since the story illuminates how our BHM-to-NOLA local print media* has devolved into low-brow click-bait.
* Advance this
* Advance this
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:21 pm to supadave3
Not all organics are created equal, some most certainly are a sham.
But people who think that consuming meat/milk pumped full of hormones/antibiotics and produce flooded with carcinogen pesticides have no bearing on your health are the true idiots.
But people who think that consuming meat/milk pumped full of hormones/antibiotics and produce flooded with carcinogen pesticides have no bearing on your health are the true idiots.
This post was edited on 4/17/16 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:21 pm to MikeyFL
The new market that caters to self proclaimed food snobs is lucrative and seedy. I don't blame them for making huge profits off of smug, pretentious people
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:27 pm to RogerTheShrubber
The consumer should educate themselves. I've read the whole series and heard her interviewed this past week and there is not one thing in the article I didn't already know. I read labels and whatever else as well as ask questions. I also don't get to worked up about it although I think it is bait and switch.
Every produce stand around is a reseller with chain grocery rejects.
Every produce stand around is a reseller with chain grocery rejects.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:27 pm to Hammertime
The catfish most people are selling in restaurants is swai
Posted on 4/17/16 at 10:52 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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it's not like Florida isn't one of the largest agricultural states in the Union.
It may be, but not in most traditional categories : corn, rice, potatoes cotton, wheat, cattle, hogs. Actually, other than potatoes or cattle, Georgia outranks Florida in each category and is I ninsignifigant compared to the Mid West.
Florida has a different climate than the rest of the 48. They grow specialized stuff which may not be standard farm to table fare.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 11:39 pm to southernelite
Good conversation about this in the last few days on the FDB.
LINK
Bottom line, if a restaurant isn't sitting on a farm and the menu isn't constantly changing with the seasons, then any "Farm to Table" claim is absolute bullshite. It's amazing to me how people can tell it's "fresh" because they're told it's FTT while eating "local" fish with Spring Vegetables in January. I've come to the conclusion that people actually want to be lied to because they ignore all sense once they get to a restaurant.
LINK
Bottom line, if a restaurant isn't sitting on a farm and the menu isn't constantly changing with the seasons, then any "Farm to Table" claim is absolute bullshite. It's amazing to me how people can tell it's "fresh" because they're told it's FTT while eating "local" fish with Spring Vegetables in January. I've come to the conclusion that people actually want to be lied to because they ignore all sense once they get to a restaurant.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:05 am to slinger1317
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Watch the Penn & Teller episode of Bull shite about organic food. It exposes these dumbasses.
I didn't see that episode but I bet it was on point. When my SO told me about all the new "organic" products at Sam's I knew it was a bullshite corporate money grab
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:16 am to hendersonshands
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The catfish most people are selling in restaurants is swai
US govt does not allow you to sell swai as catfish. It's illegal
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:16 am to tigerpimpbot
I hate to bring him into this, but I'm pretty sure Obama's administration deregulated the standards for organic labeling. I could be completely wrong but I don't feel like doing any research.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 5:50 am to MikeyFL
I don't get why people are so anti-GMO anyway.
If you really think about it, virtually every sustainable crop is genetically modified. Some the old fashioned Mendelian way, others with modern tech. I do t see what the big deal is at all.
If you really think about it, virtually every sustainable crop is genetically modified. Some the old fashioned Mendelian way, others with modern tech. I do t see what the big deal is at all.
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