Question from JG
In these difficult economic times, I am trying to make healthy choices for my family. I unfortunately, cannot afford to buy everything organic. I have a list of fruits and vegetables that I try and buy organically as well as trying to purchase only the foods that we eat EVERYDAY the same way. However, at the end of the day it seems that all of the food that I purchase ends up being very important to me. So, does anyone have any ideas as to how you are going about choosing your priority list of what to buy organic and what to let slide?
I also have two daughters approaching the age of cosmetics and I would like for them to get started on the right foot. I am looking at Miessence for this need.
Difficult decisions in difficult times!
JG
Atlanta, GA
Debra’s Answer
Organic food CAN be expensive. Some ways to save money on organics:
Your question was serendipitous, as this week I had just added a website to Debra’s List that answers your question.
Environmental Working Group: Pesticides in Produce lists produce items from most to least amount of pesticides (peaches have the most, onions the least), so you can know where it’s most important to buy organic.
But let me also give you a tip that is not on the list. Non-organic meat contains more pesticides than any non-organic produce, and non-organic dairy products contain more pesticides than non-organic produce too, with butter topping the list.
So here’s your priority list for buying organic.
