Are you buying organic?

ChrisG83 · March 2013

For those making baby food are you buying organic on certain fruits and veggies? On Wholesome baby food I keep seeing them talk about "The dirt dozen" but I can't actually find which items are on that list. I know some farmers use a natural pesticide but does anyone know how you find that out?

nickschick! · March 2013

Not going organic. My parents are farmers and I've looked into this pretty extensively. I could see organic for the dirty dozen, but there's no way I'd do organic for everything.

12 Most Contaminated
Peaches
Apples
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JoNi2010 · March 2013

The list sometimes vary, but here is one:

https://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/organic-apples-pesticide-residue#slide-2

They are essentially the fruits that you eat the peel or there is no peel to eat. It's very expens

numberonemama · March 2013

Yes but we already do. I will also shop local over organic when possible which thankfully is year round here. Also several of our local farms are organic.

numberonemama · March 2013

I also buy non gmo...that's really important to me!

BabyCarryingVessel · March 2013

Nope. I'm an educator at a university and research shows no benefits of organic over conventionally grown produce. In fact, organic does not always equal safe. I thoroughly wash everything, and feel 100 confident when feeding it to my girls. My husband an

hboo2011 · March 2013

Nothing organic in this house. Not now, not ever.

twofishes1984 · March 2013

numberonemama:
Yes but we already do. I will also shop local over organic when possible which thankfully is year round h

Sillygirl85 · March 2013

hboo2011:
Nothing organic in this house. Not now, not ever.

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ChrisG83 · March 2013

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RoryorHenry? · March 2013

I'm trying to buy local and organic. We are doing BLW and I'm giving dd fruits and vegetables with the peel still on so I want to avoid chemicals and pesticides.