Are Cheetos organic?

[featherhead007]

Here I am isolated on my farm, feeling a bit down, but reading this post gave me more laughs then I have had in weeks. Great way to start the day, thanks to all who have a warped sense of humor.

I'm warped!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Here I am isolated on my farm, feeling a bit down, but reading this post gave me more laughs then I have had in weeks. Great way to start the day, thanks to all who have a warped sense of humor.

There is always a fun thread going somewhere here on BYC. I am glad you got some good laughs.

 

[featherhead007]

Hornworms?

I grow lot's of those, (In with my tomatoes)

 

[CHlCKEN]

I grow lot's of those, (In with my tomatoes)

Me to. The chickens love to snack on them though!

 

[featherhead007]

I hope ramen noodles are organic, my chickens love that too!

 

[007Sean]

For all those worried about whether it's 'organic' or not....consider corn, there is no GMO free corn anymore, except on the Hopi reservation! They still grow corn from seed that has been kept back yearly for the next years planting for a thousand years...no GMO's there!
So, unless your on the rez or can buy their corn, everything you purchase that contains corn or corn by-products, is GMO.

I have a farm in the Panhandle of Texas, a 1/2 section, a few miles SE of Muleshoe, Texas.
Everything grown is organic. I use to raise white food corn, and organic cotton. Tostitos bought my corn and Nike bought the cotton. It previously was a regular farm, ie; pesticides, mined fertilizers. In order to become certified 'organic', no pesticides or non-organic fertilizers can be used on the land for 3 years. The crops raised bring a premium but with the shortage of water (Oglala aquifer), it's becoming increasingly harder to produce crops at a 'break even' profit anymore. Considering going back to 'dry land farming' like my great grandfather did...can't produce as much, and your dependent on the weather but you don't have the thousands of $$$$ tied up in irrigation and well maintenance.
I had a new well dug a few years ago, a 10" well casing and it was only able to provide the equivalent of a 2" stream of water but it was 'enough' to save the crop!
new irrigation unit. $ 45,000 , well $ 20,000...Total cost: $65,000 + TTL
That year my share of the profits $ 98,000 from the land. I have a farmer who farms the land on a 1/4 (for grain crops) and a 1/3 (for other crops, like cotton) contract. He provides the labor and equipment, I provide the land and pay a share of the seed costs, harvesting, and all the up keep on the wells. He leases the irrigation equipment from me, so I get a little return on the initial cost of the equipment.

So next time your in the store and complaining about the price of food, know that the farmer isn't getting rich from his labor....the middle man is!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

For all those worried about whether it's 'organic' or not....consider corn, there is no GMO free corn anymore, except on the Hopi reservation! They still grow corn from seed that has been kept back yearly for the next years planting for a thousand years...no GMO's there!
So, unless your on the rez or can buy their corn, everything you purchase that contains corn or corn by-products, is GMO.

I have a farm in the Panhandle of Texas, a 1/2 section, a few miles SE of Muleshoe, Texas.
Everything grown is organic. I use to raise white food corn, and organic cotton. Tostitos bought my corn and Nike bought the cotton. It previously was a regular farm, ie; pesticides, mined fertilizers. In order to become certified 'organic', no pesticides or non-organic fertilizers can be used on the land for 3 years. The crops raised bring a premium but with the shortage of water (Oglala aquifer), it's becoming increasingly harder to produce crops at a 'break even' profit anymore. Considering going back to 'dry land farming' like my great grandfather did...can't produce as much, and your dependent on the weather but you don't have the thousands of $$$$ tied up in irrigation and well maintenance.
I had a new well dug a few years ago, a 10" well casing and it was only able to provide the equivalent of a 2" stream of water but it was 'enough' to save the crop!
new irrigation unit. $ 45,000 , well $ 20,000...Total cost: $65,000 + TTL
That year my share of the profits $ 98,000 from the land. I have a farmer who farms the land on a 1/4 (for grain crops) and a 1/3 (for other crops, like cotton) contract. He provides the labor and equipment, I provide the land and pay a share of the seed costs, harvesting, and all the up keep on the wells. He leases the irrigation equipment from me, so I get a little return on the initial cost of the equipment.

So next time your in the store and complaining about the price of food, know that the farmer isn't getting rich from his labor....the middle man is!

Counterpoint:
I know a couple crop farmers that make a killing... one recently bought a historic 1000 acre farm with an old mansion and spent 2 million on the house restoration... plus their 2nd home in Florida... another travels the world during winters.

They’re both very hard working 3rd generation families that employ a lot of local people and are just “good people” ... but they appear to make truckloads of money.

I have a very close friend that makes a good living at it also, but he’s very much in that “regular people” category.

my point is no one person’s experience is universal... but there are plenty of farmers that are doing very well growing those Cheeto makins

 

[MROO]

I’ve seen some thoroughly misshapen ones before

If being "twisted" was criteria for rejection ... none of US would be here!

 

[MROO]

I sell my eggs where I work. Most of the time I can't even keep any in the cooler because people snatch them up so fast. They eat anything too. From bugs while they are free ranging to leftover mac and cheese. May not be organic, but they are a heck of a lot better than what you can buy in a store! My birds are happy and healthy, too!

Leftover Mac and Cheese? What's THAT?

 

[MROO]

No one seems to want to bother me, when I’m out back, hugging my pet redwood tree!

Well, that's certainly ONE way to keep 'em at leas six feet away!