Organic?

[Cohibanut]

Hi all,

I was having a chat with a friend the other day regarding organic v non organic food stuff and was wondering whether any of you know what the situation is regarding cuban cigars?

Are the tobacco plants grown using any kind of pesticides and/or fertilisers? Not that it's an issue for me really but I was just wondering is some cigars can be labelled "organic"?

[monkey66]

Never heard anything on the discussion before in relation to Cigars.

[nicwing]

From what I heard in Cuba there is very little chance of Cuban Cigars being labelled organic.

It is a very difficult crop to grow if you consider that the leaves need to be unblemished (especially the wrapper leaves)

[Drewmidorn]

My nana once said to me "I don't understand what all this organic food is about. We never had organic food when I was little"... She was born at the start of the 1900s. I said that I thought pretty much all food was organic back then as even though there have been pesticides used for thousands of years they were all probably derived from organic sources.

In a really hard core nerd kind of way I'd be interested to know more if there are any farming historians out there.

[nicwing]

I love the smell of DDT in the morning!

[Simon Bolivar]

I imagine that Havanas are the most organic cigars made, purely on the basis they can least afford expensive fertilizer & pesticides.

[nicwing]

You only need to see the offices of two large European chemical companies near El Laguito to figure that there is quite a lot of stuff going on.

[Cohibanut]

I've had a quick browse on t'internet and found a brand called Plasencia which apparently produces and sells organic cigars. Never heard of them.

[Smallclub]

You only need to see the offices of two large European chemical companies near El Laguito

… and before that, I believe they were provided by the USSR in fertilizers, pesticides, etc. I don't think the vegueros can afford to have an ecological conscience or environmental concerns…