Due to organic fruits and vegetables taking more time and money to grow. GM foods are grown in large quantities with reduction in cost being the most important factor on deciding the growing techniques used. Organic fruits and vegetables are grown in open fields and aren't bombarded with terrible growth hormones and pesticides. As far as GM foods go, I usually try to stay away from them, but cost of organic food sometimes gets in the way of eating healthy.
I think it's a disturbing state of affairs that it should cost more to eat foods that are not harmful. It's as though they're saying that the poor don't deserve to be healthy.
For the record Organic doesn't mean Healthier - to be acknowledged as organic you have to follow specific guidelines that in no way make the food better. That said organic food may have less pesticide residue, but it will have pesticides used on it - they'll just be "natural" pesticides. Organic food will not have more nutritional value, although it may taste better - to certain people. It will either way be very expensive and that isn't likely to change. Personally I don't have an issue with GMO, because I actually know what GMO means in terms of how it is done and what is done. Basically GMO is nature on fast-forward and I don't have an issue with that. I can understand why folks would, but at the same time considering the rising number of allergies and the dangers to the environment GMO crops and animals could have massive benefits... benefits that will be ignored because of fearmongery.
I do eat organic. Organic fruits are free of pesticides and are the best choices for your body. I can't remember the last time I was sick. I eat my fruits, meats, grains and dairy organic. To be certified organic it has to go through the USDA as being at least 95% organic. I can't say everything organic because a lot of item may have organic ingredients and still have a bunch of junk in it. They do taste better and they look different. You will know the difference between the two.
In the US, the big and corporate farmers receive government subsidies. The smaller farmers who are more likely to be the organic farmers, receive a tiny,tiny percentage of subsidies. There are independent organic certification agencies that verify whether or not the food is organic. In California, where I live, has very strong organic guidelines. I always look for a seal from an independent ( not USDA) agency.
Yes, my family always goes out of the way to buy organic food at the market, mainly because of health reasons, but the taste is very different from other ingredients created in fields full of chemicals for fast growth.
I don't eat organic because organic food costs more and I'm on a budget. I appreciate the importance of organic food and I might try to grow some of my own vegetables to mitigate the expense. It sucks that it costs more to eat healthy foods.
I do try and make an effort to buy as much organic as possible. However, I don't have complete control over the groceries and not everyone purchases organic. But I do try to eat as much fresh food as possible and stay away from overly processed foods. In one of Jillian Michael's books she said if money is an issue just buy the produce you eat the most organic. There are also lots of lists of the foods highest in pesticides and the types that don't get as affected. Either way, you can get creative and not have to exclusively buy organic if your budget is a problem.
I can't afford for all my food to be organic yet, so I mainly stick to what is called 'The Clean 12". I buy produce with the least bit of pesticides (such as pineapples) from the regular grocery stores and fruit with soft skin (such as peaches) from an organic grocery store or farmer's market.
I used to really buy into the whole 'organic food' thing but in recent years I've gone off of it. I still try to buy organic vegetables in hopes that they're less laced with pesticides and often because they look a bit better on the shelves. Unfortunately I've found the whole 'organics' industry has really gone downhill and prices have sky-rocketed; I find this very sad. Recently I bought some organic candied ginger and almost fainted when I realized they wanted to charge me $8 for a tiny little bag of the stuff. It's robbery and I'm not willing to go broke on the off chance that I'm actually making a healthier choice.
You really have to play a game of pick and choose when it comes to organics. For example, Kale chips cost around 5-8 bucks for a bag smaller than the size of a personal sized bag of potato chips. Instead, it's a lot more cost effective for me to make my own. I can get a huge bag of kale and put them right in the oven.*It's all about mixing and matching. They say it's best to get dairy, meats and the dirty dozen of produce natural/organic.
I personally eat a mixture! If things aren't organic it doesn't bother me, and it definitely doesn't bother my pocket book, but my girlfriend can be very picky. We'll buy as much organic stuff as we can afford and just buy everything else regular. It helps her not freak out about the food she's eating so much, so it's sort of worth it. One day I'm sure we'll buy almost everything organic, but not today. It costs way too much!
I try to eat as organic as possible, but usually it's not possible. I live with parents and so they do the food shopping. It took me quite a while to get them to purchase organic food over regular food, but it's important because of all the GMO's out there and other toxic garbage.
I prefer some organic things than normal things but I don't eat everything organic. I know its better for you but some things I wouldnt be going over crazy for it. But that's my opinion
No, I don't buy organic food, because the price definitely gets in the way. We also have pets to feed, so maybe when I see an organic food that I like then maybe I'll buy it, since I haven't really researched yet on organic foods, so I'm not aware which brands are those.
I don't because it's too cost prohibitive for me, not to mention the food labeled organic isn't always any better and/or could be contaminated with GMO strains any way. I guess the cross contamination is allowing the owners of the GMO's to go around destroying crops too, which is really shady.
