I just returned from a week in Acadia. In my travels, I spotted many signs, including "Pete's Pretty Good Ice Cream", "The No Frills Oil Company" and "The Pickled Wrinkle" (a restaurant). The sign that stood out the most was for Organic Firewood.
Along with deluxe, premium, and gourmet, organic has become a word so overused as to become pretty meaningless. Supposedly, organic items are supposed to not have been sprayed with pesticides or other chemicals. Using the term "organic" in describing a product (or using one of the other terms) seems to be give permission to charge more for the product, even if it isn't any different from the same type of product that is not described as such.
I guess, if you think about it, almost all trees (except some fruit trees) could correctly be described as "organic". That being said, would you pay extra for a few pieces of oak because you "always buy organic"?
While I can understand the term "organic" associated with a number of food products, applying it to things such as firewood begins a slippery slope which could make future product naming quite interesting. What's next? Organic Condoms? Organic Snow Tires? I guess it depends upon how daring an individual cares to be.
As for me, regular firewood is good enough.
