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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Subject: For Three Years, Every Bite Organic
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Subject: For Three Years, Every Bite Organic
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
Dr. Greene expresses surprise that "many people still don't know what 'organic' means". He shouldn't be surprised. To many of us, "organic" still means that branch of chemistry dealing with carbon compounds, just as it says in your dictionary. The English language gains new words and new meanings for old words all the time. This newspaper has reported ongoing debate over what constitutes "organic" in fish, in meats and in produce. His expectation that everyone will recognize such a recent valence for an old word is itself the surprise.
Barry Levine
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