Cults
K (who prefers to remain anonymous) takes me to task: "You recommended Yamagishikai for organic food, but left out half the story - such as why it 'came under pressure from a scandal-driven media' during the murder/brainwashing peak of the Aum period. This was less a 'scandal-driven' problem than the fact that Yamagishikai too is a cult that, since its founding in 1958, demands members' money, etc., before they can become 'full' members -- one defining feature of a cult."
K agrees that recommending organic sources is welcome information, but continues: "You owe it to readers, to inform them before sending them to a cult."
She is surprised we didn't include Tengu, which we've suggested in the past and which K has found to be both organic and reasonably priced.