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What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
rufio
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Date: August 06, 2008 07:07AM If mangoes and avocados don't have much pesticide and you're not eating the skin anyway, then why buy them organic? Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
zella
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Date: August 06, 2008 01:20PM their skins are still porus and the chemicals will get in there. Also chemicals deplete the soils nutrients and with weak soil makes weak produce. They lack tons of nutrients compared to organic. In Victoria Boutenko's book she shows a side by side comparison in nutrients and it's amazing how much more nutrients are in the organic. Also, The taste is WAY better. Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 06, 2008 02:09PM A long-time Raw Vegan told me that all Mangoes are treated
with hot water bath when entering the US. Has anyone else heard that?.....WY Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
rufio
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Date: August 06, 2008 05:43PM How do fruit trees affect the soil? Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: August 06, 2008 06:16PM
I have heard that also and I think it explains why some Mangoes won't ripen up. Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: August 06, 2008 06:16PM WY, there was a really good thread here a few months back about the treatment of mangoes.
Some methods of "ripening" even included throwing some kind of stone or chemical that released a gas that would artificially induce a color change--but really the mangoes were going from unripe to rotten. Maybe someone can refresh me... Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: August 06, 2008 06:29PM i wonder if this is so with pineapples too. they seem to go from unripe to rotten very quickly without ever really ripening up at all. so sad. Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
zella
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Date: August 06, 2008 07:38PM any of the tropic fruits are picked when not ripe and are probably treated with something. I used to love all those and now that I am more raw my body doesn't want them. Guess I will have to move to Hawaii someday..prolly when I am old and retired. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/06/2008 07:39PM by zella. Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
sgc
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Date: August 06, 2008 09:06PM Mangoes are dipped in hot water to kill any fruit fly larvae that could be on them.
You can also think that when you buy conventional produce, you contribute to the global pollution of the planet, global warming (since all chemical fertilizers and pesticides are derived from petroleum), and to the poor health of the farm workers (who have no other choice than to ingest all the nasty chemicals you don't want to see on your food, or that you hope won't be there after peeling). When you buy organic, you don't have to worry being part of that mess. Raw Fruit Festival [www.raw-fruit-festival.net] Health, Fitness and Fasting Retreats in Spain [www.fit-in-nature.net] Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
dream earth
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Date: August 06, 2008 11:50PM Pineapples can't ripen after being separated from the bush, so it is best to only buy the ones that really look and smell ripe. I'm so glad I can have a wide variety of local, organic mangoes, for free a lot of the time, but if I was moving back to a different climate, I wouldn't eat the imported tropicals at all. Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
AshleyMartin
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Date: August 26, 2008 10:49PM Hi Rufio,
The difference between organic and conventional mango or say in general food is the way how the food has been produced and processed. For instance, the use of fertilizers and pesticides is restricted in organic production. Organic food is defined as the product of a farming system, which avoids the use of man-made fertilisers, pesticides, growth regulators and livestock feed additives. Instead, the agricultural systems rely on crop rotation, animal and plant manures, some hand weeding and biological pest control. For more information related to organic food,farming.......... [www.organicauthority.com] Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: August 27, 2008 06:02AM even if u don't peel the skin
the chemicals will seep into the soil cuz what goes up must come down and when the chemicals seep into the soil they seep into the roots and when they seep into the roots they seep upwards into the stem, tissues, leaves and fruit so .. yeah... the skin is really superficial Re: What is the difference between organic and conventional mangoes?
Posted by:
sgc
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Date: August 27, 2008 01:32PM If you think you don't get pesticide or chemical residues by removing the skin of the fruit, then, you'll get them in your water. All conventional farming chemical residues end up in the water, and pollute the water. So if you think you don't eat them, you'll drink them.
Don't contribute to that, buy organic. Raw Fruit Festival [www.raw-fruit-festival.net] Health, Fitness and Fasting Retreats in Spain [www.fit-in-nature.net] Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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