Comments on: Meryl Streep Says Julia Child Was Initially Against Organic Foods

By: Julia Child Hated Organic Food ‘Till Alice Waters Made Her Warm And Fuzzy

Julia Child Hated Organic Food ‘Till Alice Waters Made Her Warm And Fuzzy — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:22:00 +0000

[...] to green gossip website, Ecorazzi.com, Meryl Streep, who plays Child in the movie Julie & Julia, recalled the time when she asked [...]

By: krissy

krissy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:49:58 +0000

That generation was the one who turned their back on the old ways of farming and embraced toxic chemicals.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:24:06 +0000

I was going to bring that up as well. And yes, I do look forward to dinner. Anyone who’s had more than five minutes of conversation with me knows I am obsessed with food.

By: steph

steph — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:32:19 +0000

i was just about to point out the vegan.com article too lol

By: Beau Broughton

Beau Broughton — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:36:55 +0000

Aaaand, she didn’t like vegetarians. Check this out from vegan.com: http://www.vegan.com/blog/2009/08/11/julia-child-on-vegetarians/

By: alex

alex — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:20:38 +0000

I have not seen the movie, but the promo has a sequence that involves boiling a lobster alive…total turn off…If Streep is so “in tune” how come?

By: Fred in NH

Fred in NH — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:35:58 +0000

Given the total lack of scientific evidence in support of organic farming I’d be willing to bet that Julia Childs went to her grave not supporting organic.

By: Kylo

Kylo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:19:48 +0000

Not very surprising. She also always said the key to a long life is red meat and gin. She was a firecracker, she was.