Why buy organic?
There are many reasons to eat organic, all natural, locally produced foods: The food taste better and has more nutrients. It’s a simple way to avoid GMO foods. It reduces the amount of harmful pesticides and chemicals that pollutes our soil and water ways. You will ingest fewer pesticide residues. Buying local reduces the amount fossil fuels used in shipping the foods.
In "In Defense of Food", Michael Pollen defines all natural as; most often having 5 ingredients or less and can be recognized as food by your grandmother. It is a comfort to read an ingredient list and recognize the items listed.
Buying everything organic or all natural can be expensive, overwhelming and occasionally unnecessary. Below is the list that helped me make the most of my organic food dollar.
In "In Defense of Food", Michael Pollen defines all natural as; most often having 5 ingredients or less and can be recognized as food by your grandmother. It is a comfort to read an ingredient list and recognize the items listed.
Buying everything organic or all natural can be expensive, overwhelming and occasionally unnecessary. Below is the list that helped me make the most of my organic food dollar.
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Top foods to buy organic according to EWG:
The Dirty Dozen for 2021: Strawberries Spinach Kale/Collard/Mustard greens Nectarines Apples Grapes Cherries Peaches Pears Bell and hot peppers Celery Tomatoes *Meat and dairy products * Some meats like turkey and buffalo naturally have less hormones and better living environments as they have much lower tolerance for modern industrial practices. |
Foods you don’t have to worry about according to EWG.
The Clean 15 for 2021: Avocados Sweet Corn Pineapples Onions Papayas Frozen sweet peas Eggplant Asparagus Broccoli Cabbage Kiwifruit Cauliflower Mushrooms Honeydew Cantaloupe Note: Unless you guy organic, sweet corn and papayas could be the GMO variety. |