David, For many years ago, I not only buy and eat only organic fruits and vegetables, but only drink organic coffee, which we buy at an organic fair whose producers are registered and undergo occasionaly government inspections because I do think pesticides, in large quantities, can cause cancer and other illnesses. And as I live in Brazil, the organic coffee I buy and grind myself, is really tasty. Grinding it makes a world of difference and I don't understand why more peolpe here and especially in the USA don't do it. Brazilians call American coffee---cha-fee, a cross between tea (cha) and coffee. Also loved the Rilke quote.
Thanks Mike. Enjoy that organic coffee! My post was only glancingly about coffee, of course, but if I were to get into it in depth, I would recommend organic coffee whether or not it is safer than the chemical-laden type for multiple reasons: (1) the environment, (2) long-term health consequences, (3) farmworkers, (4) the coffee plants themselves.
David, For many years ago, I not only buy and eat only organic fruits and vegetables, but only drink organic coffee, which we buy at an organic fair whose producers are registered and undergo occasionaly government inspections because I do think pesticides, in large quantities, can cause cancer and other illnesses. And as I live in Brazil, the organic coffee I buy and grind myself, is really tasty. Grinding it makes a world of difference and I don't understand why more peolpe here and especially in the USA don't do it. Brazilians call American coffee---cha-fee, a cross between tea (cha) and coffee. Also loved the Rilke quote.
Thanks Mike. Enjoy that organic coffee! My post was only glancingly about coffee, of course, but if I were to get into it in depth, I would recommend organic coffee whether or not it is safer than the chemical-laden type for multiple reasons: (1) the environment, (2) long-term health consequences, (3) farmworkers, (4) the coffee plants themselves.