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My husband works at the local organic coop. Not only do I like supporting the local family farmers that we know, but the food is amazing. I never knew I liked celery (@Beebug: ) or kale or a million other things until I tried them from there! It is like a year round farmers market, which we also have here. It is also a great employer and we get a discount. So I try...
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I buy as much organic as I can.
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Nope! Like you, if it's on sale where the price is cheaper or equivalent to that of non-organic, I'll get it.
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I buy mostly organic produce and meat, plus milk. I find that it lasts longer - even a bin of strawberries doesn't get soft and gross as fast when it is organic.
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I do for a few things . . . I also like locally grown/raised produce and meat. I care about how animals are treated (free range and all that jazz) . . .
@looch: I buy organic milk because it doesn't have the hormones I am trying to avoid my LO getting too much of . . . for whatever that ends up being worth!
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The only reason organic milk lasts longer is because it's UHT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_processing), but that often changes the taste. I don't have anything against organic milk but I try to find non-UHT milk when I can.
Also this: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-organic-milk-lasts-longer/
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Nope!
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@sorrycharlie: I buy organic milk for DH and me cause we just use it for cooking and cereal. I just go by the date on the container. Never even knew it said 7-10 days.
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Nope. I only ever buy organic by accident. I don't seek it out, and in most cases avoid it. And all the GMO hype is just laughable to me.
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@MsLipGloss: yes, agreed.
I have to take a good look at what is available in my supermarket. I am pretty sure the non organic milk at one particular grocery store is hormone and abx free, but I am not 100% certain.
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I care about $1 worth. Like, at trader joe's the difference between organic and non-organic is often a dollar or less, so I will get the organic if it is a higher risk item (meat, dairy, produce where you eat the skin). But if it is like $4 more, I don't buy it.
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@spaniellove: I recently started a milk delivery service where they deliver milk that was processed locally. (From cow to my fridge, it is less than 48 hours.) It's in the next town. Their expirations are actually shorter, like two weeks. I heard milks from regular grocery stores (Like Costco) have been processed more and makes it last longer. My milk delivery company says quality of milk is affected as well by milk that is designed for longer expiration. My milk actually tastes much better than the Costco milk I used to get. I don't buy the Organic version but the milk I get is hormone free. That's not why I enrolled in the delivery service. It's mainly because of convenience and I like what milk taste like. I'm not a milk drinker until I got this new milk. It's so good! Plus, it's better for me that I drink milk for the calcium.
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@bluestriped bee: Yeah, it's amazing once you taste "real" milk! Sometimes I shell out the money for the really local milk in glass bottles and sometimes I just get the local-ish milk, both non-UHT although I think they happen to be organic. It's crazy to think that milk used to taste like this for everyone though.
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Nope, don't care unless it's cheaper than the regular.
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I don't seek out organic food. It doesn't necessarily taste better nor is it necessarily better for you.
I prefer to buy things locally sourced because if they are local and in-season, they do usually taste better (picked at the right time for the food item, not the right time for shipping) and because I like to support my local economy, since food is one of our largest monthly expenses.
I will only buy milk and meat that is antibiotic and hormone free.
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I didn't know/care about it until I had a baby that is very sensitive to pesticides and has various allergies. We are slowly switching to most things organic.
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I'll buy the organic version if the price is not exorbitant but usually don't seek it out
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PS: I also thought this was an interesting read: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2014/01/organic_vs_conventional_produce_for_kids_you_don_t_need_to_fear_pesticides.html
Particularly the part about "organic" not meaning "pesticide-free" (which was how I understood it) but just meaning not using synthetic pesticides. That was new information for me
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I buy as much organic as possible, particularly the dirty dozen, as well as meat and dairy. We also have a lot of farms around here that use entirely organic practices but haven't bothered to pay the hefty fee for organic certification, so I buy from them too.
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@MrsSCB: Yep, still plenty of pesticides used in organic farming. I have also read information that said the organic pesticides require higher amounts to be used because they aren't as effective. Some organic produce also has a higher rate of bacteria present due to the use of organic (poop) fertlizer vs. synthetic fertilizers. Either way, wash your produce everyone! Especially if it's organic
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@lamariniere: me too!
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@lindseykaye: That's interesting about the amounts that are used, because the article I posted also said some of the natural pesticides approved for use in organic farming are actually more harmful than the synthetic ones: "Rotenone, a pesticide allowed in organic farming, is far more toxic by weight than many synthetic pesticides." I guess the thing to remember is just because something is "natural" doesn't necessarily mean it's better!
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Nope, I prefer local to organic, but ultimately convenience wins out every time!
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Nope, I don't buy into organic.
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For produce I buy whatever looks fresh . For meat I only buy from our local butcher who guarantees all of his meat is grass fed, free range, antibiotic and steroid free. For milk I buy regular ole milk but it is from a local company and it is amazing, you know it is good if they sell it in a glass bottle and deliver it to your door!
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nope, i buy whatever is cheapest. I will splurge on organic if something doesn't look as good (i am very picking about the freshness of my fruits and veggies!)
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I buy some things organic, some not. I'm sort of in the middle of figuring things out. (I have been for awhile.)
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i buy organic as often as possible when it comes to produce, milk, eggs, meat, aka: real food. if it's processed, then it's processed.
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I cared for a while, but I just buy what looks good. I do shop mostly at WF, so a lot of their stuff is organic.
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@spaniellove: I'm going to make some DIY ricotta cheese with whole milk and heavy cream and I need the milk to be NOT be ultra-pasteurized. I emailed my milk delivery and asked and they said they weren't. Woohoo!
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In the winter, its harder just because its tougher to find a good variety of produce. I generally tend to go with organic if its not too much more expensive (the price difference for baby carrots is negligible, for instance). In warmer weather, I buy a lot from our local farmers' market, which is a mix of traditional and organic, but I just think it tastes better and the price difference is usually not too bad. We also have lots of noncertified growers who don't use pesticides and I'm fine with that too.
We try to buy good quality meat too, but again, not if its going to break the bank. However, we often choose to eat cheaper cuts of better quality meat over lower quality premium cuts (i.e. grassfed hamburger meat vs. conventional steak).
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