tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post1428590704889900875..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-39825581147054735122009-03-09T17:10:00.000-06:002009-03-09T17:10:00.000-06:00tracy:Thanks for reading. As to your questions:- ...tracy:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading. As to your questions:<BR/><BR/>- consumer differentiability: one study here: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=866175<BR/>(Sorry, I haven't learned how to embed links in comments.)<BR/><BR/>- organic inspection: please click the [more] link to the source article which lays out this assertion. Whenever possible I use this to help readers answer just such questions.<BR/><BR/>- organic stock prices: http://nutritionbusinessjournal.com/retail/news/0701-whole-foods-stock-price-fall-52-week-low/<BR/><BR/>I certainly defend your right to choose foods on because of how they are produced. The larger issue for me is how whether the market and/or health results will ever confirm much of the purported organic value.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, as an industrial producer, I expect to be held to the same standards of responsibility, and am willing to abide by the both market and scientific judgments. We are not in conflict, we simply offer different products.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-12196070440364386352009-03-09T16:19:00.000-06:002009-03-09T16:19:00.000-06:00Mr. Phipps,A few questions/comments:From your post...Mr. Phipps,<BR/><BR/>A few questions/comments:<BR/><BR/>From your post: "But the problem now is when organic shoppers for whatever reason switch back to conventional food supplies...and can't tell any difference." On what facts or statistics are you basing this statement? It has certainly not been my anecdotal experience that consumers don't know the difference between organic and conventional foods. Please provide your sources that indicate otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Also from your post: "Most difficult for organic proponents to counter are claims organic inspectors looked past safety problems because that wasn't their job, or submitted reports way too late to prevent the contmination [sic] from spreading."<BR/>The contaminated peanut factories resulted from major gaps in the food safety inspection net. The issue here is that, with the exception of meat processing facilities, there is NO federal agency that either inspects food processing facilities or accredits 3rd party agencies to do so. True, it would behoove an organic inspector to report food safety threats in a plant s/he was inspecting. However, there are 98 NOP accredited certifying agencies employing hundreds of inspectors. I'm sure a few of those inspectors are less than scrupulous.<BR/><BR/>And finally: "Investors are taking note as well, as organic merchants like Whole Foods suffer stock price declines." We are in one of the worst economic recessions in the past 25 years. Most companies are suffering stock price declines.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for explaining these seemingly erroneous statements.<BR/><BR/>-TracyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895555894354204853noreply@blogger.com