Forums: January 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: Eating Organic
Created on: 01/06/10 10:12 AM Views: 1368 Replies: 6
Harmonicgogiberry Joined: 01/01/10 Posts: 47	Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 10:12 AM I do my very best to buy and eat only organic fruits and vegetables, and don't know that this has really been emphasized in the forum (nothing I could find with the search feature, anyway). I hope others are also considering this as, by far, the best choice for themselves and the earth. Support organic farmers! And local, whenever possible.
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Mariberry Joined: 01/02/10 Posts: 297	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 10:31 AM I'm with you 100% on that, Harmonicgogiberry! All we are saying is "Give Peas a Chance"
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chrisfisher Joined: 01/02/10 Posts: 23	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 1:38 PM I try to buy organic and local as often as I can afford to! Thanks for bringing it up!
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marigoldmind Joined: 01/01/10 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 35	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 2:31 PM This is a good time of year for those of us in the colder parts of the US to start looking for a CSA to join. CSA = Community Supported Agriculture and it is basically like buying a share in a farm. You get a weekly box of whatever is ripe. Some CSAs have a work component but many do not. DC has a bunch of CSAs, and I have belonged to one for the past 3 years. What I really like about my CSA is that it forces me to eat in season and to learn how to cook different vegetables. Eggplant is one that I had never tried but discovered that I love. It is easy to get into a food rut, and my CSA keeps me trying new foods. I also like supporting a local farm that I have seen and a local farmer who I have gotten to know over the years. http://www.localharvest.org/ is a good place to find a CSA near you. Some are organic, some aren't. Some have a work requirement, some don't. Some package up all of the fruit and veggies to be pretty like in a grocery, some don't. It is a matter of finding what would work for you.
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shanna Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 2:40 PM great reminder. i found my CSA on local harvest 3 years ago. love it! in fact, i still have a freezer full of broccoli i harvested myself. mine feeds two adult vegans and we rarely buy produce at the store when the season's going. it works out to about $14 a week--which is what, like 2 large clamshells of organic greens and maybe a couple tomatoes from the store? even for folks who live in big cities without a farm in sight, check your zip code. you'll be surprised! nyc has a bunch, for instance.
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Julia Joined: 12/28/09 Location: California Posts: 44	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 5:31 PM I should be going to the farmers market. My family were good for a while. My grams, mom and I went and had tons of fun a little while ago. Then stopped. Im going to start going again.
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mommyof2nc Joined: 12/31/09 Location: North Carolina Posts: 172	RE: Eating Organic Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM I agree, too! I go to our local farmers market, which is open every other weekend through the winter and then every weekend the rest of the year. The one I go to is mostly organic produce and is grown within 50 miles of the market. I try to buy as much as I can there and then supplement with whatever is on sale or a decent price at the grocery store. I tend to go for local produce over organic, though if I have to choose (i.e. the organic is too expensive or if the organic one comes from halfway around the world).
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