Just curious 
LO gets maybe 5-10% and that's only if I find her a snack that I want to try that is organic, or if something is on sale cheaper than the regular version. I used to buy her more organic when she first started solids but it's just not in the budget anymore. How much of your LO's diet is organic foods? If you don't do all organic, what foods do you make sure are organic and how do you fit it into the budget?
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I would say 50 to 75% when budget allows. Most of her fruits and veggies are and eggs. I try to go by the dirty dozen list and the clean 15 list as far as what I get organic. The meat and cheese we get is just all natural. I try to stock up on organic veggies and fruits when they are on sale and freeze them. And I do feel lucky DH works for Whole Foods so we get discount which makes a difference too. But sometimes we just cant afford it, I still feel good that we are feeding her fresh foods and not junk though.
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@pinkb: oh that's so cool that he works there! We don't have any stores like that around here so it makes it even harder
I need to look up that produce list again!
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It's tough to say. Maybe 50%? We get 90% of our produce from the farmer's market or directly from a local farm. Milk and eggs are organic (not all the time). Meats/poultry will be organic or hormone/antibiotic-free. We made a decision to eat less meat but buy more quality meat so we now order freezer packs from a local butcher. I don't really care if her snacks are organic.
I think the focus should be more on whole foods rather than organic. Someone's diet could consist of organic frozen dinners but it's still highly processed stuff that's not necessarily that great for you.
It all depends on what's important to you. Food is important to us, so we're willing to spend more on groceries. I understand it's not possible for all families but the dirty dozen is a great place to start.
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Maybe 50%? We do organic milk and yogurt for L, plus all of his baby food (mostly because I've found the organic stuff tastes better.)
Plus we have an organic CSA, so any veggies we get from there are organic. But we aren't obsessive about it.
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50%? We buy her organic whole milk, organic yogurt, veggies are sometimes organic sometimes not. Most fruit is organic. She does eat differently at daycare and I don't think it's mostly organic at all.
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Maybe 75%? We always feed her organic milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, and meats. For produce we follow the daily dozen, but the stuff that isn't on that list we go conventional.
@pinkb: Whoa, a whole foods discount would be awesome!
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90% here I would say. Almost everything I feed him at home is organic, so only if we eat out. Even then, lots of the places we eat use organic meat.
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About 90%. If we are out, I don't care but we eat 100% organic at home.
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I don't know. She eats a ton of fruits, veggies, and healthy food but I'm not sure what percentage is organic.
I think a lot of the organic stuff is a scam, personally. There are so many companies that slap the organic label on their product when it isn't 100%.
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In the summer we are able to eat a lot of local organic produce from the farmer's market. Once the cold weather hits, we're about 50% organic. I will buy it if it is available and doesn't cost much more than regular.
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Probably like 75%?
I always buy organic cheese, milk, yogurt, meat, eggs (free range)... I try to buy all organic fruits & veggies, especially if it's something that I can't peel (like berries).
I agree that it's more important to eat non-processed foods, rather than organic foods.
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@Bao: very much the same as you guys, only a small percentage. We just can't afford to do more at this point and I refuse to mommy guilt myself over it. We worry more over fresh and less processed rather than organic.
I hit up the farmers market when I can, as its much more affordable there than in the grocery stores- but its of course not guaranteed and very seasonal here.
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100% at home. Outside of the house is fair game, I just try to avoid non-processed.
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I generally follow the same rules I use for DH and I. I try to buy Organic for dirty dozen items, and the rest is just conventional.
I try to work around store sales so that buying Organic is more cost effective.
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75? meats, dairy, most fruits/veggies are organic. as is all baby snacks/puffs/ready to go meals.
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@travelingnanny: I think it's important that you look at the labeling. If i were in the US, i'd purchase USDA Certified Organic. It's not as clear in Canada, and i usually have to read the label carefully.
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All his milk & all his snacks (organic crackers and organic puffs) and all his yogurt & eggs.
I don't really try too hard with other stuff, although I'll grab it as I see when I'm out. -
Milk, eggs, some meat, some produce.
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Probably 75%. All milk, cheese, eggs, meat and fruit. Most of our veggies are not, unless they are on the dirty dozen list. He does eat snacks and regular milk at preschool that I'm sure are not organic and also when we are eating out I can't be sure what is organic if it isn't labeled.
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I'm not concerned about organic. I try to emphasize whole, un/less processed, homemade, no added sugar foods. I find those things to be far more important in terms of our health and general sense of well being.
I buy organic when it comes to fruit and veggies that taste better that way. I also buy local when the price is similar, and that is often organic. But I rarely buy something JUST because it is organic.
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@Bao: This is so nerdy but I keep a little printout of the cleanest and dirty dozen in my wallet in case I'm at the grocery and can't remember. the printout is pretty small, think business card size, I think it was designed for that purpose! On my phone but the site is foodnews.org.
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60? Milk, yogurt, cheese, all snacks, and some fruits. Everything else in his diet is what we eat and that's not exclusively organic.
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@Freckles: ditto to what you said. We're more concerned with eating a diet of whole, real, unprocessed foods rather than focusing on an organic label.
We're also more interested in finding local sources rather than big farm "organic" sources. Many small farms are organic/low pesticides, but are not certified because certification is an expensive process in the US. Organic is big business.
Eggs and meat are always "organic" (real free-range, small farm, humane treatment, etc.) except when we eat out - - it's a priority of ours to eat better meat, which means eating less of it because it is more expensive. It's also better for you and richer, so you don't need to eat as much so it's not really that much more expensive in the long run.
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I'd say about 80-90% of LO's diet is organic. Things like meat, eggs, fruits/veggies, cheese, milk, yogurt, and really any dairy are always organic. We even do organic for many grain products like breads, waffles/pancakes, etc... LO eats organic pouches as snacks and I do my best to always stock up when there are sales and/or coupons. I've found Whole Foods to be cheaper than most grocery stores (even Walmart) for things like milk and eggs.
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About 95%.
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When we lived abroad, it was almost not organic at all, but mostly local, which is a higher priority to me.
Now, it's mostly organic, but it's not like I go out of my way for it.
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@Bao: Here's the 2013 Dirty Dozen list http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/2013s-updated-dirty-dozen-produce-list
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@keiki_mama: thank you!
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I would say about 20%, all meat is hormone free, and some fruits/veggies.
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When she first started solids 100%. So probably from 6-9 months.
Then when she started more finger foods probably 80%. All her purées were organic, veggies and fruits, eggs, yogurt, and most meat but she had some non organic stuff like pasta, rice and cheese.
Now at almost 23 months probably 50% of her food is organic. She gets organic milk, yogurt, eggs and some fruits and veggies but a lot of other stuff isn't organic
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Not sure, we eat mostly wild meat and lots of garden veggies when the garden is ready. We dont buy organic foods on purpose.
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Food at home, close to 100%. She mostly eats organic chicken, veggies and fruits.
Food outside, around 50%. She will get an organic pouch puree but I give her bits of pieces of my meals which I'm assuming is not organic.
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Dairy, eggs and meat are organic about 90% of the time.
Produce really depends. I buy organic when I can/when it is available, but I don't always have the choice. Any processed foods like bread, pasta or crackers I try to buy organic. However, the availability here is just not the same as in the US.When we eat out, there aren't usually a ton of options.
In general I put the priority on eating whole foods and as many home cooked meals as possible. I buy organic and local products when available.
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Pretty much the same as @lemondrop: .
Organic is probably 5%. We just plain can't afford it. We cook 95% from scratch and I think that's more important. -
@lamariniere: oh interesting about buying processed foods organic. I actually tend to buy unprocessed stuff as organic and ignore the organic breads, pastas, etc. and just buy conventional.
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75% of what he eats is organic. Especially meat dairy and the dirty dozen
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Around 75% for us too. Eggs, veggies, fruits, milk, and meat are all organic. Actually never mind. I'd say maybe 90% of their foods are organic. My husband and I eat a lot of non-organic food though.
I need to look up that produce list again!
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