Organic water has arrived. Has the trend gone too far?

The nerd in me always wants to pipe up when people are waxing poetic about organic food. All food is organic (contains carbon).

Someone please explain to me what is 'organic' water? Isn't water supposed to be "organic" nonetheless?

"ORGANIC 'ALL' THE THINGS!!!"

SweetViolet, there's a reason why organic food is expensive-- and the more organic food there is out there, and the more it's wanted, the more the price will come down for it.

Unlike conventional growers that grow GM food, organic growers don't grow food that's pest-resistant and has huge yields, or get subsidies from the government. They have higher costs.

Carrie,

I hope you don't drink diet sodas, eat blackened foods, hot dogs, cookies, bacon, donuts and french fries, or use a cell phone since there have been claims that each of these are also linked to cancer.

Being unemployed and on a budget leaves little money for organic anything at our house. We co-op however, our fruits, veggies, and meats come from local sources. We also shop the farmers market, local produce, local business.

Incorrect use of "bare." You mean "bear," (bɛə) to bring or convey: to bear gifts. That's the correct use for "bear a label."
You used "bare." They're homophones, but the meaning of "bare a label" doesn't fit your usage.

I agree with the comments of LOCAL being more important than ORGANIC. Go to a local farmers market for fresh, cheap produce. But I personally believe organic is a necessity for foods we eat the skins of and ALL meat products. Do research, like any food "fad" there will be companys out there trying to scam you. (like this one)

Some people (like my boyfriend) have sensitive skin problems and psoriasis; and organic clothing actually helps keep their skin calm. You better believe when I have children, I won't be feeding them any hormone injected meat or over processed snack crap. So by all means, bring on the organic "hype". I love having the option in every grocery store I go to now.

You have to be smart about it, and do your research. While the clothes and furniture seem a bit over-the-top, I do think people need to be more conscientious about what they eat and what is actually in their food. When you find out what goes in to "non organic" products, you realize you are eating crap. The scariest is the meat and poultry. I will gladly shell out the extra money so that I am not eating residual, microscopic blood particles from a cow's udder in my milk. Do your research, people.

There are something I will always buy organic (hardly everything)..one of them is meat...I do not want hormones injected meat..pay now or pay much later with your health and your money later...You don't need to be crazy with it, but you should be aware...

hey georgie you want that hemp shoe to take along on your trips you might never know when you need it lol think about it

Yeah... I agree with bringing back "ugly" food. It's a shame how much food gets wasted both before we buy it and after we take it home. The book "Waste" by Tristram Stuart is a real eye-opener. Let's take "visual imperfection" off the list of why food waste happens.

...I guess the definition of "organic" being a substance that contains carbon is as lost of a cause as saying that a rainbow is God's sign that He will not send a flood to destroy the whole Earth again...

Organic has it's pros and cons. So does NON-organic. I'd like to promote the LOCAL bandwagon. Local means less costs involved on the production/distribution end, so less costs on my pocketbook. I'm fortunate enough to live on an agricultural region, so local is readily available. (And as wonderful as buying/preserving "in-season" sounds, unless you have the storage space, it is a no-go. Some things can be more costly to store than to purchase out-of-season.)

The comments about the definition of organic meaning containing carbon are irrelevant, and frankly indicate that the person getting those talking points has been listening to too much talk radio.

I do agree that organic water is probably nonsense.

The requirements that a product have to meet to be labeled 'organic' -- while they don't go far enough -- are important not only because what we put into and onto our bodies matters, but because organic farming is far and away better from an environmental standpoint.

I think it went WAY too far a WAY long time ago.

The cost of organic ANYTHING is ridiculously high and there are no guarantees that the products are what they are purported to be.

Rather than increase the cost of the food supply by continually adding "organic" crap to the shelves, how about we DECREASE it by doing away with laws and regulations that demand uniformity of size and shape of produce in the store? I used to get huge grocery bags of Asian pears for free from a grower friend, pears he could not sell because they were misshapen or too big or off colour or in some other way did not conform to "uniformity" regs. When you realize that the stuff that you see in the store is priced so that the farmer does not take a financial loss on the "ugly" fruits/vegs that he cannot sell due to those regs, you can quickly see why you are paying so much at the store for this stuff.

Screw organic...bring back "ugly" food and bring down the prices!!

When I can barely feed my self with conventional food, I am not willing to shell out more for organic. I try to go to a farmer's market when I can, but even that can be way more expensive than shopping at my local Aldi. Not to mention the gas I spend driving into Madison from where I live to go to the farmer's market (the only local market near me on Saturdays) I buy seasonally as best I can, (berries are too expensive in winter anyways and they taste terrible), but in the winter precisely NOTHING grows "naturally" in Wisconsin.

Going all organic works really well IF:
1. You're middle to upper middle class.
2. You live in a warmer climate where the growing season is more than 4 months.
3. You live in or near an urban area with a great farmers market OR
4. You live in a house with land and have both the space, time, and green thumb to do your own gardening.

The rest of us do what we can.

This is almost as ridiculous as gluten-free shampoo.

"People are willing to pay a little more for peace of mind that their fruit, dairy and veggies are grown without hormones or pesticides"

Research shows otherwise...people are not willing to spend more for an organic label when there are no jobs, no job security, no money.

I believe what they are actually bottling is RAW water.

To each his/her own,stop making a big deal out of it. I try to buy only organic or locally grown produce and meats.