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which foods are most important to be organic?
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Date: May 15, 2007 07:37AM Considering that organic food is a little more expensive, are there some foods which are more important to buy organic than others? ex. fruits, veggies, nuts, beans, grains, etc.
take care, Joey Re: which foods are most important to be organic?
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diana
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Date: May 16, 2007 09:55PM I guess all of them but in particular all root veggies because of their direct contact with the soil...Diana Re: which foods are most important to be organic?
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Jgunn
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Date: May 16, 2007 10:50PM this seemed like an interesting thing ... makes me reconsider reaching for organic on certain foods like if peaches are that heavily sprayed i think i will tend to reach for its organic counterpart and go for the non organic avacado ...
i try to buy organic as much as possible but cant afford 100% organic all the time if you go to the website there is a more extensive test result of the same below ..just scroll to the bottom and click view full data set ... eye opener for me whew. [www.foodnews.org] RANK FRUIT OR VEGGIE SCORE 1 (worst) Peaches 100 (highest pesticide load) 2 Apples 89 3 Sweet Bell Peppers 86 4 Celery 85 5 Nectarines 84 6 Strawberries 82 7 Cherries 75 8 Pears 65 9 Grapes - Imported 65 10 Spinach 60 11 Lettuce 59 12 Potatoes 58 13 Carrots 57 14 Green Beans 53 15 Hot Peppers 53 16 Cucumbers 52 17 Raspberries 47 18 Plums 45 19 Grapes - Domestic 43 20 Oranges 42 21 Grapefruit 40 22 Tangerine 38 23 Mushrooms 37 24 Cantaloupe 34 25 Honeydew Melon 31 26 Tomatoes 30 27 Sweet Potatoes 30 28 Watermelon 28 29 Winter Squash 27 30 Cauliflower 27 31 Blueberries 24 32 Papaya 21 33 Broccoli 18 34 Cabbage 17 35 Bananas 16 36 Kiwi 14 37 Sweet peas - frozen 11 38 Asparagus 11 39 Mango 9 40 Pineapples 7 41 Sweet Corn - frozen 2 42 Avocado 1 43 (best) Onions 1 (lowest pesticide load) Note: We ranked a total of 43 different fruits and vegetables but grapes are listed twice because we looked at both domestic and imported samples. ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist  Re: which foods are most important to be organic?
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diana
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Date: May 16, 2007 11:27PM WOW...what great information...Thanks again...Diana Re: which foods are most important to be organic?
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Anonymous User
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Date: May 17, 2007 05:28AM Thanks Diana and Jodi. Any advice about yogurt, eggs, or meat - would you even eat it if it wasn't organic?
Joey Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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