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Do you buy organic fruit and veg?

mellowyellowgirl

mellowyellowgirl

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A really innocuous comment by another PSer made me curious!

Do you buy organic fruit and veg? If you do, is that the only type you eat? Do you eat any non organic at all?

I grew up in a third world country where I regularly followed my grandmother around as she sprayed the farm crops with some chemical called (loosely translated) "Bug killer". It was very lethal apparently and I was told never to lick it.

In lieu of all the years I spent cavorting with that chemical I'm pretty relaxed about chemicals in the food chain. My motto is that chemicals are being used everywhere, got to train my body to survive them.

So I never eat organic. Only when it's like dirt cheap and excellent quality but I certainly don't spend extra on it. It can cost double or triple the price here in Australia.
 
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I don't seek out organic produce, just buy whatever I fancy, and if they happen to be organic then so be it.

Don't really see the point when my palette is not sufficiently refined to taste the difference.

As for chemicals, they are everywhere! If I were to worry about chemicals being bad for me, then I would have to give up everything that is smoked, BBQs and deep-fried food!

DK :))
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
A really innocuous comment by another PSer make me curious!

Do you buy organic fruit and veg? If you do, is that the only type you eat? Do you eat any non organic at all?

I grew up in a third world country where I regularly followed my grandmother around as she sprayed the farm crops with some chemical called (loosely translated) "Bug killer". It was very lethal apparently and I was told never to lick it.

In lieu of all the years I spent cavorting with that chemical I'm pretty relaxed about chemicals in the food chain. My motto is that chemicals are being used everywhere, got to train my body to survive them.

So I never eat organic. Only when it's like dirt cheap and excellent quality but I certainly don't spend extra on it. It can cost double or triple the price here in Australia.
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Lol. I think that I’m like you. Never. I was so poor growing up and my parents were crop pickers who never once told me to rinse the cherries or apples that I helped to pick form the trees! I’ve never had the flu (knock on wood, hope I’m not inviting it after this statement) and I’ve never bought a can of Lysol (even in the pandemic) or Clorox wipes—and did I mention that I’m a high school teacher? So no. I’ve never bought into the organic produce marketing.
 
If it's something the kids will be eating and is on the "dirty" list then yes. Some things I can actually taste the chemicals on like strawberries. So I will spring for organic berries if they are on sale otherwise I go without.
 
Missy, thanks for that list.

I only knew that strawberries were #1 - something about the pesticide being absorbed into the flesh itself, so it can't be washed away.

I rarely buy organic - but I probably eat more healthily than 90% of Americans.
At the food store 99% of what I buy is from the produce sections.
The checkers probably hate me :angryfire: because instead of a quick n easy barcodes, they have to type in the produce codes for everything.
 
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Nope, IMO a rip-off!. Fake meat, fake butter, diet soda will harm you more than eating the real thing.
 
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HI:

Yup but I do pick and choose.

cheers--Sharon
 
Just depends on what's available and what the price mark up is for organic. I'm not gonna go out of my way to buy some organic thing that looks dad having been transported from far away. If it's a vegetable where I remove the skin before eating, no need to buy organic.

You don't live longer than your normal lifespan if you eat organic, but you don't live a shorter lifespan, either, such as what would happen if you eat lots of chemicals. I lol'ed at what @dk168 said, because I have no problem giving up smoked, BBQ, and deep fried foods for health.

There's quite a lot of other yummy foods that I don't think I'll be missing anything if I never had BBQ, smoked, and deep fried for the rest of my life. This is coming from the person who had KFC yesterday and was disappointed, so it's not like I have forgotten what those foods actually taste like!
 
Sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't. It depends on the price.
Price is always my motivation.
 
Sustainable farming is good for environment, organic produce is good for us. The reason non-organic produce looks bright and attractive on shelves - they are full of chemicals that make their shelf life much longer. The longer the shelf life is - the shorter will be yours. All produce must be washed and cleaned before consumption. I have my own list of the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen on my fridge for almost a decade. The items on the Dirty list were washed thoroughly and skin was removed if needed, but they remained "dirty". The items on the Clean list were washed and their skin was removed if needed, and they become free of chemicals. Non-organic farming is much easier and produces tons of cheap food. When we first came to US from Ukraine may years ago, we were only buying non-organic fruits and vegetables since they were inexpensive. And no jewelry or colored stones were on our shopping list, of course. Now we try to eat clean food whenever possible. IMG_1477 (2).JPG
 
Yep. I have them delivered to the house. I also have an organic garden.
 
Sometimes, but I don't search out organic veggies. Back in the day there was an organic herb farm that sold to some local stores. The little farm was located downhill from the city dump. Made me cringe to think the water that made it's way downhill to the farm vegetables and herbs was full of chemicals and other unsavory things. So I don't automatically assume that organic produce is better unless I grow it myself.
 
Nope. I grew up on the chemical laden stuff and it still works fine for me.

Not necessarily on topic but here’s a fun story. Many years ago, my parents decided to grow a few veggies in their backyard. We went on a day trip to a park so they graciously packed sandwiches for everyone. I’m enjoying my ham & cheese with fresh garden lettuce, when I see a big green caterpillar looking bug on the underside of said lettuce. :sick: I was beyond grossed out and to this day, I have a deep distrust for fresh from the garden fruits / veggies.
 
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Nope. I grew up on the chemical laden stuff and it still works fine for me.

Not necessarily on topic but here’s a fun story. Many years ago, my parents decided to grow a few veggies in their backyard. We went on a day trip to a park so they graciously packed sandwiches for everyone. I’m enjoying my ham & cheese with fresh garden lettuce, when I see a big green caterpillar looking bug on the underside of said lettuce. :sick: I was beyond grossed out and to this day, I have a deep distrust for fresh from the garden fruits / veggies.
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Count your blessing, then pull it off.
That bug wouldn't have been there if that lettuce was full of pesticide.
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
A really innocuous comment by another PSer made me curious!

Do you buy organic fruit and veg? If you do, is that the only type you eat? Do you eat any non organic at all?

I grew up in a third world country where I regularly followed my grandmother around as she sprayed the farm crops with some chemical called (loosely translated) "Bug killer". It was very lethal apparently and I was told never to lick it.

In lieu of all the years I spent cavorting with that chemical I'm pretty relaxed about chemicals in the food chain. My motto is that chemicals are being used everywhere, got to train my body to survive them.

So I never eat organic. Only when it's like dirt cheap and excellent quality but I certainly don't spend extra on it. It can cost double or triple the price here in Australia.
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my dad and your nan probably used the same spray !

organic fruit and veg is also very exspensive here and im not paying that when it doesn't even look nice

i don't see it ever being in my budget
 
slightly off on a tangent
@mellowyellowgirl and other Aussies do you buy the odd bunch range at Woolworths ?
we have it here, its not organic but it is still a good environmental option because it is cutting down on food waste
its the misshapen and undersize fruit and veg
sometimes a bit hard to find instore but for deliveries or click and collect orders its always worth seeing what they have today
 
I don't buy organic produce unless it's my only option.
I do buy pasture raised eggs (cage free and free range are second and third choices), grass-fed beef, and wild fish... And we do a ton of tofu and seitan.
I also buy oats and I've always got to snap a pic of the "gluten-free" exclamation on the sticker. As opposed to, y'know, non gluten-free oats. I have way too many photos of gluten-free oats labels in my phone.
 
Daisys and Diamonds said:
slightly off on a tangent
@mellowyellowgirl and other Aussies do you buy the odd bunch range at Woolworths ?
we have it here, its not organic but it is still a good environmental option because it is cutting down on food waste
its the misshapen and undersize fruit and veg
sometimes a bit hard to find instore but for deliveries or click and collect orders its always worth seeing what they have today
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Our grocery always has a section for these too - great deals!! And in the fall we'll get cooking apples and pears by the crate from local farms.
 
yssie said:
I don't buy organic produce unless it's my only option.
I do buy pasture raised eggs (cage free and free range are second and third choices), grass-fed beef, and wild fish... And we do a ton of tofu and seitan.
I also buy oats and I've always got to snap a pic of the "gluten-free" exclamation on the sticker. As opposed to, y'know, non gluten-free oats. I have way too many photos of gluten-free oats labels in my phone.
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Oooh can you explain the eggs to me? I always thought free range was better for the chickens than cage free so have always tried to buy free range.

Cage free is a bit cheaper here so I'd love to buy it if it's better for the chickens!

@Daisys and Diamonds I would buy it but I don't actually find it that cheap!!! The only time it's cheap is for avocados during avocado shortage periods. Everything else like carrots, pears, apples seems to be same or even slightly more than normal produce per kg.
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
Oooh can you explain the eggs to me? I always thought free range was better for the chickens than cage free so have always tried to buy free range.

Cage free is a bit cheaper here so I'd love to buy it if it's better for the chickens!

@Daisys and Diamonds I would buy it but I don't actually find it that cheap!!! The only time it's cheap is for avocados during avocado shortage periods. Everything else like carrots, pears, apples seems to be same or even slightly more than normal produce per kg.
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thats a poo
bad woolies
maybe it varies from state to state ?

this week i got odd bunch spuds, kumera, carrots and apples and they were all significantly cheaper,
mandarins only 50c cheaper and onions on par
 
yssie said:
Our grocery always has a section for these too - great deals!! And in the fall we'll get cooking apples and pears by the crate from local farms.
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its hard to beleave that produce used to go to landfill when there is such need for soup kitchens and food parcels
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
Oooh can you explain the eggs to me? I always thought free range was better for the chickens than cage free so have always tried to buy free range.

Cage free is a bit cheaper here so I'd love to buy it if it's better for the chickens!

@Daisys and Diamonds I would buy it but I don't actually find it that cheap!!! The only time it's cheap is for avocados during avocado shortage periods. Everything else like carrots, pears, apples seems to be same or even slightly more than normal produce per kg.
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So my understanding is that pasture raised and stamped with “certified humane” means that the chickens actually live like chickens - they have access to plenty of space outdoors and they forage for a significant portion of their diet.

Up where we are most of the cage free options are also certified humane, but *none* of the free range vendors are. I like certified humane because it means that the farms have been inspected by some third party - they guarantee a certain square footage per hen. It’s still a paltry amount of space, don’t get me wrong, and cage free means they don’t necessarily have any access to the outdoors (free range hens should have access to the outdoors), and they’re still primarily on soy and corn diets. Anything but caged. I will not buy caged.

I want to keep chickens one day. We have plenty of space for a coop and fencing that would keep them safe. We just don’t have time to set anything up :(sad every time a neighbour talks about firing up an incubator I get a bit jealous!
 
Thanks @yssie

Here it's the free range that has the certification and not the cage free. It's not a perfect system but the certifying body is our RSPCA so it's the best we have. Like you I try to go with the one that's got more rules (or some rules) governing it.

They do have to meet certain requirements and the chickens need to be outdoors with a density of 10000 per hectare (that doesn't sound like much space to me in all honesty)
 
when i was little my best friend's dad had choocks and mum would buy our eggs for them and once a year dad would get chicken poo for the garden

my friend also had pet bantims, we would dress them up and kush them around in a dolls pram and make them cakes from mash and silverbeet

the big hens lived in a big tall run and every day got let out to roam free in the back yard
the eggs were the best ever
Orange yokes and so fresh
the nesting boxes were in the back of my friend's dad's shed
 
I don't buy organic fruits and vegetables but I opt for free range meats and eggs whenever possible. I don't drink milk but on the rare occasions that I do, I always choose hormone-free.
 
Kind of a tangent but I have found that the organic milk from Aldi lasts a lot longer than non-organic either from them or elsewhere.
 
No because its very expensive and we aren't that well off. My husband grew up eating vegetables and eggs from his family farm, for back of a better description. So we would definitely prefer to eat organic cage free everything. Its just not feasible at this point. Hopefully in a few years.
 
Yes, I buy organic, cage free, pasture raised everything if it's available. Health is very important to me so I prioritize eating as healthy and clean as I can. Although I still feel I could eat more vegetables! I don't go out of my way though, so if an organic option is not available, I will buy the non-organic option.
 
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