https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-273041 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:59:17 +0000 pastemoo 273041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>taste: tomatoes<br /> cleanliness: berries </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-273033 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:49:27 +0000 regberadaisy 273033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @Beyond2: @blackbird: Yup, yup! LOVE local produce/veggies especially because most of our local farms are either CNG of use pest management systems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-273032 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:47:01 +0000 blackbird 273032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Because they're local! They taste way better! And they are right smack in season, too. </p> <p>As far as pesticide free goes, things like bananas and mangos--where the skin is thick and inedible, are the way to go. </p> <p>And yeah, farm fresh eggs? Way, way better than store bought eggs. I'm amazed I'm just now discovering this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272982 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:11:19 +0000 Beyond2 272982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace &amp; @looch: I agree, I think local food is what makes for better flavors rather than organic. I won't even by store tomatoes or berries anymore. I eat them until I can't stand them in season and then crave them until next year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272958 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:09:23 +0000 looch 272958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I agree with you, which is why I pick local over organic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272919 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:56:16 +0000 Grace 272919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder how much of the difference in taste has to do with it being picked when ripe as opposed to the pesticides. For example, tomatoes in the store are picked early so as to survive transport. The red tomatoes in my garden always taste better than the store's, even though there have been times when I've sprayed them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272881 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:57:22 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 272881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: really? Because in the middle east, all the produce is all natural as well and it tastes so amazingly different and delicious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272822 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:29:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 272822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: that's the truth! I know a lot of lactose intolerant people and the only dairy they can have is raw milk! Some of my friends even make their own cheese and butter from raw milk. My mom makes her own yogurt and kefir as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272789 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:29:15 +0000 regberadaisy 272789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I actually really want to try raw milk. There's a couple farms near us that do milk shares. My coworker takes the cream off the top to make ice cream! My husband is lactose intolerant and I've read that for some raw milk does not bother them!</p> <p>@mamamoose: totally agree on the tomatoes!!! We grow them in our garden and they are soooooo much better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272783 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:24:21 +0000 MrsHotDog 272783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bell peppers, cucumbers and celery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272776 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:20:55 +0000 Beebug 272776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>CELERY!!</p> <p>Oh I can't even stand normal celery now, HAS to be pesticide free!</p> <p>Aside from obvious freshness, anything farm fresh is typically better pesticide free or not, farm fresh trumps all, pesticide free is bonus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272772 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:10:46 +0000 mrs. bird 272772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tomatoes! I hate styrofoam tasting grocery store tomatoes, nothing like a fresh tomato out if the garden! Yum :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272770 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:07:33 +0000 spaniellove 272770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bananas! They just taste so much more real when they're organic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272746 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:19:45 +0000 mrbee 272746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything we're having in the Philippines countryside is pesticide free, but I can't taste the difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272745 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:19:12 +0000 MsLipGloss 272745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChopSuey119: Jujubes are a real fruit? I totally thought it was just candy! &gt;.&lt; </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272736 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:03:42 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 272736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>CUCUMBERS!!!<br /> Any fruit and/or veggie is better pesticide free; let's face it:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272451 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:36:53 +0000 chopsuey 272451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>jujubees, figs, oranges, cherries, grapes! :) umm everything?<br /> my parents have tons of fruit trees at home and on their farm. Love organic, pesticide free fruit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272413 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:12:29 +0000 Mrs. Pen 272413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: ooh agreed on both!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272395 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:11 +0000 MamaMoose 272395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all berries are better when they are organic. And corn. I love fresh from the farm corn on the cob! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-272390 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:57:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 272390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha!!</p> <p>I do think organic items do taste different.. Fresher for sure. </p> <p>Not many think it's "sanitary" but I LOVE raw milk, tastes soo much better straight from the farm. Eggs too are different fresh from the farm!</p> <p>Apples... when you pick them organically at the orchard - amazing!</p> <p>BTW I'm totally jealous of your peaches!! I want some :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fruits-or-vegetables-do-you-swear-is-just-better-pesticide-free#post-268460 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:42:25 +0000 regberadaisy 268460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmm I just finished a peach from our local farm. We belong to a CSA and yesterday I picked up a half bushel of peaches to puree and can for LO. </p> <p>Had one as a snack this afternoon and had to have another just now. They are so sweet and perfect! I don't know if it's because I know they are pesticide free that makes them taste better! </p>