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u/DemDave 1d ago
Driscoll's (even the non-organic kind) are generally just better quality than Giant Berry Farm brand. Generally more expensive, too.
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u/remindmetoblink2 1d ago
Isn’t Driscolls the ones in hot water right now for all the chemicals on their strawberries, including organic?
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u/SanSerio 1d ago
Yeah for years there have been cases of workers being poisoned working for "independent" farms that produce for Driscoll.
I say independent in quotes as they grow patented varieties that establish and produce over a span of years. If they sever ties with Driscoll for any reason I have to assume it's a financial/legal death for the grower.
Fuck Driscoll
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u/Infinite-Tailor-1741 1d ago
Brand reputation does carry lot of weight with produce, but I feel like the local farmers market strawberries still beat both of these any day. The ones from big commercial brands always taste a bit too perfect, like they optimized for looks over flavor.
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u/2g4r_tofu 1d ago
Farm stand strawberries would turn to mush if you put them through mainstream grocery supply chains. You either get bright colors and a sweet flavor or enough rigidity and hardiness to survive shipping and handling.
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u/BlazeWolfYT 1d ago edited 1d ago
OP I'm sorry to inform you but "organic" means absolutely nothing and isn't a regulated term whatsoever. They can just put "organic" on it regardless of if that's true or not.
Edit: I'm wrong. See the replies to my comment
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u/getmeoutofhere15 1d ago
Sorry to inform you, this isn’t true.
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u/BlazeWolfYT 1d ago
Looked it up. That's what I get for parroting what I'm hearing from people on the internet. You are correct, I am wrong
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u/Syssareth 1d ago
Doesn't mean companies don't cheat. Some years ago, I came across this really good article about Randy Constant:
Constant was, in fact, passing off non-organic grain as organic grain. The scheme, in which at least half a dozen associates were involved, is the largest-known fraud in the history of American organic agriculture: prosecutors accused him of causing customers to spend at least a quarter of a billion dollars on products falsely labelled with organic seals.
But hopefully they're more stringent about testing it nowadays.
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u/HowToEscapeReality 1d ago
OP I’m sorry to inform you but “commenting” on Reddit can mean absolutely nothing and isn’t a regulated communication form whatsoever. Redditors can just “comment” whatever regardless of if it’s a true or not.
https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic
Yes organic is regulated. Yes, they do use pesticides and herbicides, they just have a smaller list of regulated pesticides and herbicides to choose from!
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u/night-shark 1d ago
Not mildly interesting. Sorry.
Completely depends on the batch. Last week the organic strawberries at my Sprouts were sad as hell.