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I would say maybe a 5? I've been trying to get better about organic, but when something is 3-5x the price it makes it pretty hard to justify financially. For the most part, though, I've been having more of an attitude of it'll either cost me now ($$) or later (health, which is still $$ too).

2? We rarely buy organic.

I would say 8 or 9. Pesticides freak me out and I'm kind of obsessive about the dirty dozen.
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7/8- I care, but the cost is so high.

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9. Food is one of the things I have almost entirely made the switch to organic/sustainable/local,etc for both health and ethics. It's funny, I didn't feel strongly at all about this until I had kids and started feeding them solids. I feel particularly strongly about animal products so try very hard for those at least to be humanely raised/grass fed/organic, etc. But the cost is steep, for sure, my weekly grocery bill is stressful, lol.

5? I do organic dairy (I like the taste better), organic meat when I can, and dirty dozen veggies, but other than that, no.

5. I would prefer to buy more organic food but our grocery bill is crazy high because of gluten free needs as it is so something had to give.

5 - if I was rich and had more energy/time for grocery planning, I'd buy all organic. But alas, I am not flowing in extra dollars, and I am lucky if I leave the store with all the ingredients for my recipe and no epic toddler meltdowns.

8/9. If I have control over it, I buy organic. But I don't stress if we are out and what we eat isn't organic.

5? I only buy certain things organic (dairy, meat, dirty dozen). It's not going to keep me up at night though if I don't buy organic. I prefer to buy local but can't always find the time.

2-3?? I tend to buy organic foods for other reasons than just that it's organic (less additives and sugar are big for me so I tend to get organic snacks/ yogurt/ pouches). I do love some high end grassfed organic meat from Whole Foods or the local butcher when we are splurging but that is not often.

My priority is fresh, whole foods over organic any day. It makes me CRAAAAAAZY when people obsess about eating strictly organic but then feed their kids crap like organic boxed mac and cheese all the time- how is that healthy?

8/9. I buy as much organic as I can. Luckily, where we live organic is relatively inexpensive, except for meat and we don't eat a ton of meat. If there isn't an organic option for something, I don't sweat it and I'll buy non organic no problem. But my grocery basket is probably 75-80% organic each time.

I don't buy organic milk, I instead buy hormone and antibiotic free. Everything else I don't worry about. I drink the public water supply, which basically permeates everything anyway.

8/9 - it's important to us, but if it's not an option for what we need/financially then I don't stress over it. Basically, if an organic option is available for a reasonable price I will choose that option. I try to always buy non-gmo if not organic. I think the processed/pre-packaged things drive up our grocery bill more so than organic meat/dairy/produce. We don't eat a ton of meat though and we drink almond milk so it balances out.

I would say 2-3. We buy LO organic milk because she drinks so much of it at this age. When I was pregnant with her, DH made it a point to buy organic eggs and we bought organic meat maybe 50% of the time.

I agree with PP that the cost of food these days is high enough without paying the premium for organic (often double).

We do participate in a CSA so probably 50-60% of our fruits and veggies are organic because of that.

5=7? I buy organic milk, daycare doesn't. We belong to an organic CSA but I buy a lot of conventional to supplement.

I appreciate the idea of organic but I often struggle to spend extra $ because I can't tell a difference in the food. I feel better about the extra money I spend on local produce (for ripeness/freshness), grass-fed meat, or free range poultry. Those differences are perceptible and it drives me to choose those products again.

2 I guess. The only thing I'm actually picky about is eggs and that's more because I want to buy from free-range chickens. They just happen to be organic as well.

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Only if it's the same price.

The label 'organic' isn't well regulated. I do think organic produce has less pesticides but I will buy organic produce if it's on sale. Non-organic produce just needs to be washed.

I also don't believe in the whole GMO. Many of my scientists friends agree.

6. We eat mostly organic - for us, we just find the quality of the produce, meat and dairy to be much better when you buy organic. I get my eggs from my friends who have chickens, so like others have said they aren't necessarily "organic" but they are local, free range, loved chickens so I feel good about that. I wish we could get more local produce but its a bit more challenging in the city/Northeast on a year round basis.