Comments on: Organic Screw http://chrisharvan.com/environ/organic-screw/ designer and maker of...stuff Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:39:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://chrisharvan.com/environ/organic-screw/comment-page-1/#comment-132 admin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:43:49 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=238#comment-132 This is the kind of info I was looking for. Thanks! This is the kind of info I was looking for. Thanks!

]]> By: Dennis http://chrisharvan.com/environ/organic-screw/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Dennis Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:38:09 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=238#comment-131 Do some research. http://www.howtogoorganic.com/index.php?page=economics Do some research.

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]]> By: admin http://chrisharvan.com/environ/organic-screw/comment-page-1/#comment-129 admin Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:44 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=238#comment-129 What about how promoters of organic farms say it doesn't cost more for farmers to switch to organic? What you are talking about is part of the problem for sure, but these goods would be more expensive even if inflation were not out of control. These items are treated, priced, and marketed as luxury items. Until that changes, the majority of us are going to continue to eat and drink Monsanto. There has GOT to be an organic food company who is going to "get it", reduce its profit margins and go toe to toe with the non-organic producers and therefore undercut all the luxury item organic producers. What about how promoters of organic farms say it doesn’t cost more for farmers to switch to organic? What you are talking about is part of the problem for sure, but these goods would be more expensive even if inflation were not out of control. These items are treated, priced, and marketed as luxury items. Until that changes, the majority of us are going to continue to eat and drink Monsanto. There has GOT to be an organic food company who is going to “get it”, reduce its profit margins and go toe to toe with the non-organic producers and therefore undercut all the luxury item organic producers.

]]> By: Dennis http://chrisharvan.com/environ/organic-screw/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Dennis Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:34:19 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=238#comment-128 Product volumes shrinking instead of the supplier raising the price or raising prices and decreasing volumes is not an effort by the vendor as an attempt to rip you off. It is a function of a inflation/aka the dollar using its value. Inflation is more than just higher prices, it is -Smaller sizes, volumes and portions -Substitution of lower cost and quality ingredients -Poor service due to cutbacks in personnel -Fees, fees, fees Inflation is more than higher prices, it is also a lower quantity and quality of goods and services for the same price, lower quality services, and new fees. What is causing inflation? The falling dollar. The weakening dollar is creating cost-push inflation. By default, an organic producer is selling high quality ingredients that can not be easily substituted. Therefore, they can not use substution as a method to lower input costs. This only leaves them the ability to reduce product volume and/or raise prices. Read The 5 Signs of Inflation by iTulip: http://www.itulip.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34140#post34140 I think your anger is misplaced. The organic and non-organic producers are simply trying to maintain their margins with ever rising input prices (cost-push inflation) so that they can be a viable ongoing business that does not go bankrupt. Your real anger should be at the financial mismanagement of the US dollar that results in ever increasing prices for essiential goods and services that can not be labor arbatraged through outsourcing (education, food, energy, healthcare, etc). Product volumes shrinking instead of the supplier raising the price or raising prices and decreasing volumes is not an effort by the vendor as an attempt to rip you off. It is a function of a inflation/aka the dollar using its value.

Inflation is more than just higher prices, it is
-Smaller sizes, volumes and portions
-Substitution of lower cost and quality ingredients
-Poor service due to cutbacks in personnel
-Fees, fees, fees

Inflation is more than higher prices, it is also a lower quantity and quality of goods and services for the same price, lower quality services, and new fees.

What is causing inflation? The falling dollar. The weakening dollar is creating cost-push inflation.

By default, an organic producer is selling high quality ingredients that can not be easily substituted. Therefore, they can not use substution as a method to lower input costs. This only leaves them the ability to reduce product volume and/or raise prices.

Read The 5 Signs of Inflation by iTulip:
http://www.itulip.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34140#post34140

I think your anger is misplaced. The organic and non-organic producers are simply trying to maintain their margins with ever rising input prices (cost-push inflation) so that they can be a viable ongoing business that does not go bankrupt. Your real anger should be at the financial mismanagement of the US dollar that results in ever increasing prices for essiential goods and services that can not be labor arbatraged through outsourcing (education, food, energy, healthcare, etc).

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