When I was first learning about organic food production and consumer values in the 1990s, the “organic Twinkie problem" was being hotly debated in both the academic and popular presses. Could a Twinkie really be considered organic even if all of the ingredients were USDA certified? Twinkies are, after all, an iconic symbol of our industrialized food system, with a shelf life spanning years and the supernatural ability to survive a nuclear holocaust (along with cockroaches). While neither o...
When I was first learning about organic food production and consumer values in the 1990s, the “organic Twinkie problem" was being hotly debated in both the academic and popular presses. Could a Twinkie really be considered organic even if all of the ingredients were USDA certified? Twinkies are, after all, an iconic symbol of our industrialized food system, with a shelf life spanning years and the supernatural ability to survive a nuclear holocaust (along with cockroaches). While neither o...
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