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We use “better” wipes, but I don’t know if they are truly organic. We buy Horizon organic shelf stable milk because it’s less wasteful for how often we give it to LO.
There may be other things here or there, but I’m not going out of my way to buy organic.
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My primary concerns are sustainability and ethics rather the organic label.
I’m concerned about the toll on the earth from our modern, massive conventional farms and cattle lot practices. Therefore, I try to get sustainable options. Farmer’s markets are good for this.
I’m actually a conflicted meat eater. I think it’s probably ethically wrong (the way we generally practice it today, anyway). As a result, we only cook meat at home about once a week, and I will only buy the most humanely raised meat I can find. I also always buy eggs from pasture roaming chickens (aka, the most expensive eggs, but still cheaper than sustainable meat pound for pound). Some stores (like Whole Foods) have a rating system for this at their meat counter, but outside of that it takes research, which is annoying.
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I focus on other factors before looking for the organic label (avoiding certain ingredients, rbST-free dairy, etc.), and really only prioritize organics with produce that we eat regularly. I see no benefit to springing for organic processed foods, other than they often have other desirable qualities (e.g. Annie's only whole-wheat mac & cheese option is organic, the only snack bars that I have found that are low enough in added sugar are from an organic brand).
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I'm not that big on organic food, but I do try to buy antibiotic and hormone free.
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We don't focus on organic at all. Instead we focus on local whenever possible. Especially CSA/Farmer's Market/our garden in the summer.
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@Dahlia: my dream is to have my own garden!
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We don’t really buy into the organic thing. The only thing we get is organic milk.
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@mrsbubbletea: rbst is not illegal in the US, but fewer producers are using them. You also won't even know which producers use (or don't use) rbst because there are no labelling requirements. It's also not limited to milk, but you'd also have to consider milk products.
@SweetiePie: I also agree with the outcome of the case study your husband's class looked at (that organic isn't all what people think it is), but I was just pointing out that higher prices are due to the higher cost of producing organic products. I do think that "natural" or "free-range" labels are more freely slapped on to charge higher prices.
@lunalove20: btw, i was completely wrong - a few years ago Canada established certification standards and it's labelled as "Canadian Organic Standards".
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@gestalt: Thanks for letting me know ~ I should really start to familiarize myself better with all this information !
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@SweetiePie: I want a garden too! Right now I just have a little herb box lol
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@Dahlia: Local is important for sure ~ I live in a farming community and there is an abundance of everything from fresh produce, free range eggs, and local milk its just that everything is spread out among all these farms and can be a bit of drive on a regular basis so stocking up from grocery store has been easier for me i'll admit - but we try to make an effort on weekends though to cruise around and buy from all the locals
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@lunalove20: you should suggest they start a farmers market so that it can all be found in one place one or two days a week
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