Health and medical experts are always talking about the benefits of organic fruit and veg. Do you pay the extra for organic stuff or go with normal produce? In the town where I stay there is a farmers market every Saturday where we get quite a bit of our stuff as well.
I don't pay more for organic. In theory, it's a great idea, and I'd love to be a little bit more secure about how my food was grown. In practice, I can't afford it, and regular produce is therefore good enough for me.
I don't usually pay more for organic, but if the prices are close, I will opt for the organic. I've just recently started shopping at Earth Fare. I find some prices are in line with my regular grocery, other items not so much. I've picked up some meat and produce. Like any store if it's on sale, the price is good, but the regular price is ridiculous.
I purchase mostly conventional produce. The only thing I really "splurge" on is organic spinach. If we had a reliable farmer's market close by, I believe that I could budget in more organic produce. I would focus on purchasing organic thin-skinned produce. As of now, I just try to wash off the skin as best as I can. We are on a limited income along with limited produce options, so we shop primarily for thicker skinned fruits and a wide variety of frozen vegetables.
I've tried organic food only once, and I thought it had a funny taste. I'm used to all the additives in my food, so it didn't taste as good as the "unhealthy food." I don't believe we should have to pay more for healthy food. It should be the other way around we pay more for the additives, and less for organic food. I'm not sure who's idea it was to have it set up like that, but I think it should be changed. Since you made this thread I might look into buying more organic food, but I'm not too thrilled about the price hike.
Nope, I don't. I do prefer to buy local when I can, but even that isn't necessarily any better than what I get from the store. I don't think organic is worth the price personally.
I buy organic whenever I can. I love for special deals and bargains. The local farmers market has a lot of organic produce. I would say about 40 to 60 percent of my produce is organic. My goal is to be able to buy 100% organic produce.
Yes I always pay more for organic and I don't want to but what can you do to find the freshest fruit and vegetables that's good for your body. I would like to grow my own but I am not in that situation yet. But when I do I will grow my own and it will cut down on the bill for me at the grocery.
I try to achieve a balance with food consumption. My budget isn't enough to eat all organic food, mainly why I choose vegetables that I eat raw or in salads. True, the cost of organic food is a little higher, but the benefits of this diet are many. In my town, luckily, there are many organic food supply because we are surrounded by a large agricultural activity. In big cities maybe the cost is high for that reason, the lack of green space nearby. In conclusion, I choose this kind of products because they are a good choice for a healthy diet.
I'm of the same opinion, Jessi. I always buy local stuff from the street markets - it's cheaper and tastier, because it's in season and picked when it's ready for eating. I'll by organic if it's reduced in the supermarket, but on the few occasions I've bought organic, I can't say I can tell any difference, to be honest.
I would like to purchase organic fruits and vegetables because they do not contain all the pesticides and other chemical sprays like regular produce; however, I cannot afford organic produce usually. Plus, I don't live near any farmer's markets. I do, however, grow some of my own vegetables.
You're right. It's kind of disgusting and almost a little amoral that there's a price tag on health. As though to say that only people with money deserve to be healthy.
A new study came out that highlighted that organic food isn't that much healthier than regular food. I've always suspected this, but hopefully further studies will confirm this. Organic food has just the same amount of pesticides as regular food. I won't bother spending more money for the same product that is just disguised as healthy.
Do you have a link to this study? I don't believe that organic food has as much pesticides as regular food. California certified organic has a lot stricter stands than the USDA. The USDA standards are a joke sometimes.
Not really. The couple of times I bought fresh organic greens, I found the taste somewhat strange. It wasn't just me, but the others in the family picked it out too quickly. Is it just us or have others experienced this too? I stick to regular fresh produce from the local market.
I only buy organic for produce that typically has the highest levels of pesticides. I also know that some small farmers can't afford to go through the hassel of getting certified so they don't go through the process, but don't use pesticides. I say buy locally and get to know your farmers!
I don't buy organic food unless the cost difference is not much. I usually buy my stuff from local market. I have read articles though that have spoken about the health benefits of organic food but somewhere I still feel that they are overly priced for the general public.
If you're buying locally, it likely doesn't need to be treated with all these chemicals, waxes, radiated, etc., since it's travelling as far and being sold quicker. I just don't buy organic items from big grocery stores, since it's too expensive and it usually looks half rotted. Although I have noticed some grocery stores are starting carry certain items from local farmers. This makes much more sense, who knows where they were getting their "organic" produce from previously. It could have been clear across the country.
I do not pay more for organic foods unless I visit a local farmers market where the prices are more reasonable. Some of the organic foods that I have tried do not taste right and I really have not tried many organic foods since. I have heard the same that organic foods are much better for you, but the prices are too high for me so I do not buy them.
This all reminds me of a conversation I was having with a friend of mines when we got into the whole "buying organic foods is the popular thing to do" sort of ideas. We both recall a day when organic produce was cheaper in the stores, but then someone got on about how it's healthier for you etc, etc. I was sort of irritated and aggravated when that happened. Because reasonably unless you're purchasing locally organic will go bad quicker most of the time. It's why like many here said I don't purchase organic in store. Now, then the question became what exactly constutes organic. I'm not sure I believe all of this organic is better for you than other stuff. Now I can understand from the pesticides etc perspective theoretically, however you can wash that off of a majority of fruits and vegetables and it's probably not more harmful than many of the places you walk around daily (especially if you live in big cities of smog and cigarette smoke etc). My friend got on about can one even call "American organic" foods organic? Often times the is processing and manipulation at the level of the seeds, so does this still make it organic if the original seeds were from non-organic or processed seeds/crops? What are the definitions of organic food and how accurate are they? Technically by definition a majority of what we consume is litterally organic, but I won't get into my friends' "smarty pants" talk there. Just some food for thought on this.
