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What fruits and vegetables should you purchase organic? - 8/4/2008 12:30:27 PM
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JesKlu
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I'm wondering what kinds of food should you purchase organic, besides dairy and meat products. That's why I asked what kinds of fruits/veggies should you purchase organic? And what kind do you purchase organic?
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 12:34:28 PM
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uncabeeil
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I don't purposely buy anything organic. Why not? Example: Granny smith apples - non organic $1.79/lb, organic $4.49/lb.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 1:35:01 PM
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coinpurse
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What fruits shouold you buy organic? Berries.
Im sure the pesticide seep right through those...I did research this once and berries was the answer and some other fruit, I think peaches...I think it depends on the thickness of the fruit skin and whether you'll peel it or not...
I wouldnt bother buying oranges or bananas organic:)
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 1:50:14 PM
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coinpurse
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The organic berries, I buy frozen just to make smoothies..and they are already ice cold when I place them in the blender, resulting in a nice cold drink/smoothie...Also buy eggs organic cause it tastes much better to me.
My roommate buys almost all foods organic and environmentally friendly products. I dont have the $$funds$$ for this lifestyle even as a single, never mind if I had an entire family to feed.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 2:00:38 PM
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I say apples and berries. If it has a skin on it then you don't need to.
The prices are crazy but organic is so much healthier. I try to fit it in as I can. So maybe one week I'll buy organic and the next week not.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 3:02:06 PM
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JesKlu
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So pretty much, if it has an edible skin (Thin skin) then you should get organic.
Yeah, I was wondering about this. I was thinking the same thing. Thin skin, you should buy organic.
But as a lot of you said, the prices are crazy. If the organic industry lowered their prices a little, maybe more people would start buing organic.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/4/2008 3:20:03 PM
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uncabeeil
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as a lot of you said, the prices are crazy. I've often wondered about this. They aren't paying for expensive chemical insecticides or fertilizers. How much could poop possibly cost?!
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/11/2008 11:06:50 PM
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Winter squash surprises me.
I've always tried to buy organic celery. To me it has too many nooks and crannies to get pesticides out of. Plus you're supposed to use the leaves because they're good for you but I can't see using sprayed leaves. If I can't get the organic celery I only use the larger parts, definitely not the leaves or the section where the three main branches come together.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/12/2008 1:14:35 PM
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I saw that list but I thought they put everything on it, and while it would be nice most people can't afford to go all organic (including flour, oats, and rice) and just want an idea of where they can start.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/12/2008 1:55:43 PM
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Excellent link Brandy, thank you.
I prefer shopping at a natural foods store, most often the prices are comparable and sometimes even less, than the grocery store for most items. The meat is considerably more expensive though, but I don't eat too much of that.
Also, I wash all my produce. Anything with skins that are going to be eaten (apples, pears, peppers) I wash with soapy water to get all the wax off. Wax makes them look pretty, but you don't need to be eating wax.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/12/2008 4:10:54 PM
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Example: Granny smith apples - non organic $1.79/lb, organic $4.49/lb.
Wow..that's a big difference! I haven't seen that big of a difference here.
I try to buy organic when I can afford it. We have a limited grocery budget, and if I can afford organic within it, then I will buy it. We're fortunate that our local grocery store carries their own line of organic foods, and often, when they go on sale they are the same price as other products.
Also, any baby food that my daughter ate was organic. The same store brand carries organic baby foods for the same price as Heinz or Gerber.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/15/2008 1:00:42 PM
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prefer shopping at a natural foods store, most often the prices are comparable and sometimes even less, than the grocery store for most items. What fantasy land is this store in ? I need to move there.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/17/2008 1:17:52 PM
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Just read this and thought I'd share ...
If you do a lot of grilling, eat strawberries. They're high in folic acids that scavenge the carcinogenic amines that are created when meat is cooked over high temperatures. They're one of the most important foods to buy organic, because they have a unique capacity for leaching pesticides.
It came from this article
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/17/2008 4:22:02 PM
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It's worth the price difference to buy organic when it's available. If not, washing in a solution of water, white vinegar, and peroxide will take care of most of the pesticide residue.
Pesticides are highly estrogenic. Besides making your body susceptible to a host of health conditions, they are conducive to weight gain and the....ummmmmmmmmm........."feminizing" of men.
My friends are organic farmers and, along with everything Auben mentioned, the farmers have to jump through so many government hoops to obtain the organic certification. It's a constant battle. And more than just the soil has to be considered. If it's raised beds, it has to be with special concrete---no treated wood borders. Lots of things like that I had never considered. It's a lot bigger than just the price of poop.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/17/2008 5:14:07 PM
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Ok, so here is my questions. Not on organic because it is definately in my 150.00 per week budget for food. If you buy apples or fruits and veggies that have the wax that make them look pretty, does that mean all of the pesticides are trapped in underneath that wax? I acutally do wash my fruit in water with a tiny bit of dish soap (very tiny) and you will not believe how much wax comes off the apples especially.
I just don't get it. The wax is supposed to be safe because it is vegetable based, but at the same time, if there is e-coli that ended up on the food before the wax or pesticides have been sprayed, they just trapped all that in there. Can you truly get all of that off?
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/18/2008 8:45:28 AM
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One thing I always purchase organic is rice (brown basmati is my favorite). Because of the way it is grown, if it's sprayed it's just there in that pesticide "soup" until harvested. 
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/18/2008 10:27:11 AM
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Auben
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I personally like to find local food first. The organic market is so convoluted that the small farmer isn't necessarily seeing most of that $3 price increase.
If you can find a local grower that grows certified natural or follows those practices I like that better than an organic label. It's much cheaper for one thing, and you know that the money is actually going to the farmer and not the distributer.
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RE: What fruits and vegetables should you purchase orga... - 8/21/2008 11:44:28 PM
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joyfulmn
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ORIGINAL: MrsTracy72
Ok, so here is my questions. Not on organic because it is definitely in my 150.00 per week budget for food. If you buy apples or fruits and veggies that have the wax that make them look pretty, does that mean all of the pesticides are trapped in underneath that wax? I actually do wash my fruit in water with a tiny bit of dish soap (very tiny) and you will not believe how much wax comes off the apples especially.
I just don't get it. The wax is supposed to be safe because it is vegetable based, but at the same time, if there is e-coli that ended up on the food before the wax or pesticides have been sprayed, they just trapped all that in there. Can you truly get all of that off?
This a question I have often pondered. I know that at the local orchard the apples did go through a washer before being bagged for sale. I'm guessing apples do elsewhere as well. Maybe someone with time could investigate the procedure but I'm guessing the fruit goes through a washer then is waxed. This would help with the e-coli problem under the was but I've no idea how much pesticide it would wash off - or how often the water is changed.
I think it is also interesting how much wax the apples produce themselves. Northwest Greening apples from my own unsprayed trees have gotten very waxy when stored for a period of time. In fact, some that I had in the garage until spring became "wipe my hands off" waxy.
For years I've used a recipe using lemon juice and salt in a sink of water for washing fruits. I think that's more economical than using a nice citrus smelling commercial fruit wash.
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