Due to budget constraints, we cannot afford to get everything organic. I'm wondering what you consider to be the most important things to get organic? ie what foods are sprayed more than others?
I'm guessing all grains, nuts, leafy greens, brassica (broccoli), strawberries and grapes should always be organic. What about bananas? Avocadoes? Peaches? Oranges? Carrots? Other fruits and veggies?
What foods would you definitely choose organic over others?
Thanks
Grayzie

There is a great list that someone posted on an earlier thread about this...it might take some searching.

I think thicker skinned stuff is better...berries, peaches etc, not so good.

Maybe someone will post the list again.

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

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a really good list here, read the details.
[www.foodnews.org]

the biggest gmo crops are tomato, potato, corn, wheat, soy.

that is a fascinating list, thank so much! I guess it's similar in Australia? I wonder how I could find out??

Hi Grayzie,

I don't think it's dependent on location as much as it is related to the persistence of the pesticide residue on the fruit/veggie as well as the amount and type of pesticide that the farmers are using... this last aspect may vary a bit by location because of different pesticide restrictions by country. I would tend to be more wary of chemically grown fruits/veggies from developing nations because the industrialized world tends to dump surpluses of restricted chemicals into those markets... a disgusting practice, not only for the people of those nations, but for everyone because that sprayed food finds it's way all around the world. Scary

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

Just a thought:

-Don't panic over buying expensive organic produce. It is not a 'rite of entry' into healthy eating. Most people can experience 99.9% of the life-changing benefits from eating conventional and home-grown produce. Just my opinions.

-David Z. Mason

WWW.RawFoodFarm.com

Carsick actually apples typically have among the highest levels of pesticide. Check out the website coco lists above. Its a very comprehensive list.



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It's a cost/benefit analysis. Apples are some of the worst fruits to eat conventionally--organic apples are usually reasonably priced, and you can easily tell if they are bad.

Organic mangoes: once I stocked up on some $2/piece little buggers, and the entire bag was rotten. That's my last time with organic mangoes, barring someone donating me about ten million dollars.

Raw has totally transformed my life in countless positive ways, and I did it all non-organic.

Just never, ever, ever get GM. X.X

Organic is for wealthy people. Better to eat mostly conventional f+v than to eat only organic and include more of other things.

Organic apples are $2.99/lb here right now, in an APPLE-GROWING state. Yet farmers are going broke because the big box stores are buying them for $11 a crate (those GIANT wood boxes you see on trucks) overseas, rather than pay the $14/crate asking price here.

I think for most people in this country getting food, period, is a struggle financially, much less organic, as much as I agree that food should be bought organically. Just think of the impact if everyone would just plant ONE fruit tree or grow ONE type of vegetable, and then TRADE it straight across for other produce. We could completely eliminate the middleman and the $$ factor.


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