One of the very first things we learned in our Intro course is the importance of eating as many organic foods as possible. Check out Farmer’s Markets or any health food stores. I also learned that just because the USDA certifies something as Organic or Free Range (such as eggs), all that actually means is that periodically throughout the day, the doors of a coop are opened so the animals have the choice of roaming outside. But according to my pal, Shari (who just happens to sell farm fresh eggs at our local Farmer’s Market) once those critters get used to being indoors all the time, they won’t roam.
BTW I wondered if Shari was just trying to scare me into buying her eggs (as if she’d do that), but I read on the box of my “Cage Free Chicken Eggs,” a statement in extremely fine print, explaining that their chicken houses allowed periodic times in which the animals were allowed to roam, as they wish.
Back to the topic, yes, buying all organically can be expensive. Here’s a list of foods which are listed under OK if not organic and another for those which really should be organic.
Follow the link below to a printable list. 🙂 You can also visit Dr. Weil’s lists of 12 foods you should always buy organic and 12 foods you don’t have to buy organic.
EWG’s FoodNews :: Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides
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