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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:31 AM My husband use to buy organic bananas. Then he read a review that said they weren't any better than regular. I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm thinking I should consider thin skinned fruits and veggies, tofu, and leafy greens as priority for organics. What do you eat organic? Jean |
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Wild4Stars
 Location: Florida Posts: 832 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:36 AM I buy organic whenever it is available and reasonably priced. As for bananas, I think organic bananas taste better. Often times tomatoes are the same price for organic and non, I definitely buy organic. I was just at the store this morning and organic onions were $1 a bag more than non, I buy organic. I don't have a Whole Foods Market in my area so without going to Orlando I'm at the mercy of what my local grocery store has. But I definitely lean towards organic unless the price is outrageous. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com |
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| shanna
Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM yeah, i prioritize too. my CSA is organic and keeps me full of veggies from may-november, but in the off-season or for extras, frozen organic can be even cheaper than conventional fresh. it depends on where things come from too--i try to keep "food miles" in mind. there are certain things i will not eat if they aren't organic though. strawberries, bell and hot peppers, peaches, etc. and i strongly prefer to have my salad greens be organic--i just eat so much of them. here's the "dirty dozen" list that will help you prioritize. it's recommended that you buy organic when choosing items from the "most contaminated" list, and conventional is ok from the the other list. in general, your thin-skinned vs. peel rule works pretty well. 12 Most Contaminated * Peaches * Onions (Source: http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-214) |
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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12:08 PM Thanks, Shanna, that list is very helpful! Wildforstars, remember me from last time? I really enjoy your posts and am glad you are hanging around, too! My husband thought the organic bananas lasted longer, they didn't go bad before we could eat them all. Jean |
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| shanna
Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12:16 PM oh, i also forgot to mention soy. i won't buy nonorganic soy like tofu or soymilk, because of the likelihood the beans are GMO (genetically modified). we talked about that some in a m0nsant0 thread you can find in the archives--a new analysis of previous study now links organ failure to GMO crops. my grandparents were farmers, and my mom has always told stories about how horrible it was to have to weed and pick the bugs off the crops by hand...she and all the kids had to help. but now she laughs and says they were just organic farming. |
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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:03 PM I received an email alert about non organic tofu...something about the processing causing health problems. When I was a kid we had a large garden. I remember being scared of tomato worms. We didn't have any on the tomato plants this past summer. They are big, have a horn. They are green and have gold (like jewelry) on them. Still very impressive! Jean |
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| Bluesgyrl
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 159 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM Ok..............I agree with all of you. Organic not only is better for you but it tastes worlds apart from the non organic items. I think organic bannanas were my first noticable items. For whatever reason the ones from Trader Joes are considerably good. My question to you all is where do you find all these organic products such as tofu? I mean the fruits and vegetables are relatively easy to find but I have a hard time loacating other items including low fat. Are any of you getting these on line? If so, where? |
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| shanna
Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:37 PM I get the Whole Foods store brand of organic tofu. It's ridiculously cheap, despite their rep for being expensive. $1.50! Trader Joe's has had an organic one off and on, but I usually just wait till I hit WF. Nasoya is a popular grocery store brand and they do have an organic one. I will get that one if I'm at Stop & Shop or traveling. It can run anywhere from $2.50 to $3.50. |
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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:47 PM Meijer's (local grocery store) has the tofu in the sealed box Mori-Nu which makes both organic and not organic. They also have Nasoya?? in the water pack; also available organic or not. I find both of these products in a refrigerated case in the produce section. In that case there are also Gimme Lean "sausage", some vegetarian cheese and other deli type items. They give them there own case in the veggie area so they don't compete with animal based products (I think). They would say it is because they are vegetable source and, therefore, belong with the veggies. I get most of my tofu from health food stores because they have some I regard as better. Wherever you get tofu it will say organic on the label if it is organic. Jean |
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| junebug
Joined: 01/04/10 Posts: 35 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 7:41 PM veveveggie just fyi organic bananas last longer in part because non organic are "gased" before they are put out to sell. Since they are picked green the supermarkets gas them so they turn yellow quicker so people will buy them- not sure what is contained in the "gas"- my brother just works at a warehouse & told me |
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| Bluesgyrl
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 159 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 at 9:57 PM Hi there: Thanks for the advice on where to find organic tofu, etc. Well, apparently, I didn't look hard enough because Raley's has it. Two different brands. This got me interested so I decided to look at the bulk bins and to my surprise (Even though I've bought things out of the bins a million times) there was organic oats, organic flour, etc. Duh......... I, too usually go for the Whole Foods run but it is not local. Oh....how I wish for Meijers to come to California. I love that place! I find the gas thing with respect to the bannanas very interesting. HHHmmmmmmmm.................... |
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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:46 AM I read an article in Mother Earth about packaged meat getting gassed. One of the gasses is carbon mon or di oxide to keep the color red longer. It was found that meat could be rotten and not look or smell like it. Just one more reason to step away from the trough. Jean |
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| Wild4Stars
Location: Florida Posts: 832 |
RE: Organic, anyone? Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM They also bathe the meat in some kind of chemical to keep it from looking brown and dead. There was a grocery store here in Florida many years ago that they had caught them repackaging old, past date meat, reapplying some kind of chemical to make it look red and selling it with a new "sell by" date. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com |
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