We always buy organic milk, cheese, and meat (chicken, beef mostly). We try to buy org. fruits and veggies (esp. the "dirty dozen"). If we can't find org, we try to stick to hormone free. We find this most often with cheese and yogurt.
We always buy organic milk, cheese, and meat (chicken, beef mostly). We try to buy org. fruits and veggies (esp. the "dirty dozen"). If we can't find org, we try to stick to hormone free. We find this most often with cheese and yogurt.
This. Meat, dairy and all of the dirty dozen. Plus we just started getting an organic produce delivery service so most of my produce and fruit is now organic (yesterday we got lemons, onions, kiwi, oranges, apples, grapefruit, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, potatoes and asparagus in our delivery). I also buy organic condiments like EVOO, balsamic vinegar, etc since we use alot of those when I make salad dressings or marinades. Eating organic is very important to us. We also try to eat local when possible (all of the stuff in our delivery except the tropical fruit is local). I've found meat to be MUCH less expensive if you can buy in bulk directly from the farmer (we've got 1/3 of a pig in our freezer now and as soon as I can get another freezer we're going to get 1/2 a cow).
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Everything else is usually on a case-by-case basis depending on cost, availability, etc. I'm picky about eggs and meat too, but I still don't usually buy organic. I tend to buy meat/eggs from small local farms that aren't technically organic. I'm not really hung-up on them needing an organic label, I just want to know that my animal products came from good places. I'll still occasionally buy certified organic meat from the grocery store when it's on sale though (like all the hamburger in my freezer that was marked down to $1.79/lb.)
Nothing. Can't justify the $$ right now. Ideally, milk and meats.
But - later this summer I'll have my own tomatoes carrots cukes snap peas bell peppers and herbs if I didn't kill them all already. I'll grow what I can, but I won't pay someone to do it for me.
As much as I can. Always milk, eggs and all dairy. We bought 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig that are in our freezer--they are organic. Every few months I buy4-5 organic whole chickens. But we live in the country and there are several organic farmers in the area, so it's not that expensive for us to go straight to the farm for chicken beef or pork.
As far as veggies, always green peppers (my DD loves them and eats them whole for snacks all the time), potatoes, strawberries, apples, and whatever else is in season. In the off season, we belong to a doortodoororganics.com co-op so we get good prices on organics delivered right to my neighbor's house. Since we live so close to the farms and we buy in bulk, it really doesn't cost us any more than non-organic bought from a grocery store.
Up until recently, just fruits and veggies, because organic meat is so expensive. But I recently decided to do more research, and we decided organic meat is even more important, considering they feed conventional livestock other cattle's blood, chicken poop and other parts (like feathers) they can't feed humans. Not to mention cows are not meant to eat corn, creating both an inhumane and unsustainable solution that forces the cattle industry to kill livestock around 18-20 months (because the cattle's system can only take so corn before they start breaking down), rather than the normal 5 years, which then means hormones and antibiotics, and the fact that corn-fed beef is the biggest reason red meat is so bad for us. *whew* Anyway, we decided to go all organic. It doesn't change the price of organic meat, of course, so we are trying to do more organic vegetarian meals to mitigate the cost.
I don't care that much what I put in my body, personally, I eat all sorts of junk. I do care what H puts in his body though, as he has a family history of high blood pressure and hypertension. As for the kids, since I am almost the sole authority of what goes into their little bodies, I feel I should be more responsible.
I am conflicted on this issue. Ideally I would love to do organic meats, poultry and the dirty dozen. In reality I can't justify the cost of organic meat and I can't always get the fruits or veggies I want. If the only fruit my kid will eat this week is strawberries - I'll buy them organic or not. I prefer organic berries but I also prefer he eat fruit ant way he can get it.
Milk, all of the "dirty dozen" foods I try to do organic on.... am getting some organic meat now, but need to look into finding a local source for that....
We do some fruits when they are on sale, and chicken breasts when they aren't too expensive. When DS switches to cows milk I will do that too. Its all about what we can afford at this point.
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Re: What do you buy organic?
We always buy organic milk, cheese, and meat (chicken, beef mostly). We try to buy org. fruits and veggies (esp. the "dirty dozen"). If we can't find org, we try to stick to hormone free. We find this most often with cheese and yogurt.
Nothing.
Organic means very little to me. Unless I have a coupon.
This. Meat, dairy and all of the dirty dozen. Plus we just started getting an organic produce delivery service so most of my produce and fruit is now organic (yesterday we got lemons, onions, kiwi, oranges, apples, grapefruit, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, potatoes and asparagus in our delivery). I also buy organic condiments like EVOO, balsamic vinegar, etc since we use alot of those when I make salad dressings or marinades. Eating organic is very important to us. We also try to eat local when possible (all of the stuff in our delivery except the tropical fruit is local). I've found meat to be MUCH less expensive if you can buy in bulk directly from the farmer (we've got 1/3 of a pig in our freezer now and as soon as I can get another freezer we're going to get 1/2 a cow).
Any kind of berry (especially strawberries!)
Lettuce and spinach
Celery
Bell peppers
Milk
Everything else is usually on a case-by-case basis depending on cost, availability, etc. I'm picky about eggs and meat too, but I still don't usually buy organic. I tend to buy meat/eggs from small local farms that aren't technically organic. I'm not really hung-up on them needing an organic label, I just want to know that my animal products came from good places. I'll still occasionally buy certified organic meat from the grocery store when it's on sale though (like all the hamburger in my freezer that was marked down to $1.79/lb.)
Nothing. Can't justify the $$ right now. Ideally, milk and meats.
But - later this summer I'll have my own tomatoes carrots cukes snap peas bell peppers and herbs if I didn't kill them all already. I'll grow what I can, but I won't pay someone to do it for me.
As much as I can. Always milk, eggs and all dairy. We bought 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig that are in our freezer--they are organic. Every few months I buy4-5 organic whole chickens. But we live in the country and there are several organic farmers in the area, so it's not that expensive for us to go straight to the farm for chicken beef or pork.
As far as veggies, always green peppers (my DD loves them and eats them whole for snacks all the time), potatoes, strawberries, apples, and whatever else is in season. In the off season, we belong to a doortodoororganics.com co-op so we get good prices on organics delivered right to my neighbor's house. Since we live so close to the farms and we buy in bulk, it really doesn't cost us any more than non-organic bought from a grocery store.
Up until recently, just fruits and veggies, because organic meat is so expensive. But I recently decided to do more research, and we decided organic meat is even more important, considering they feed conventional livestock other cattle's blood, chicken poop and other parts (like feathers) they can't feed humans. Not to mention cows are not meant to eat corn, creating both an inhumane and unsustainable solution that forces the cattle industry to kill livestock around 18-20 months (because the cattle's system can only take so corn before they start breaking down), rather than the normal 5 years, which then means hormones and antibiotics, and the fact that corn-fed beef is the biggest reason red meat is so bad for us. *whew* Anyway, we decided to go all organic. It doesn't change the price of organic meat, of course, so we are trying to do more organic vegetarian meals to mitigate the cost.
I don't care that much what I put in my body, personally, I eat all sorts of junk. I do care what H puts in his body though, as he has a family history of high blood pressure and hypertension. As for the kids, since I am almost the sole authority of what goes into their little bodies, I feel I should be more responsible.