To try and buy as much as possible organic?

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It is so expensive but I try to buy organic to reduce chemicals and antibiotics in produce and meat, and increase vitamins as there is apparently evidence that pesticide-contaminated soil reduces vitamin content.

Wondering if it's actually true though as I have also been reading organic is not necessarily free from pesticides due to spray drift and there is debate over whether it is actually much better.

As it is pretty much double the cost do you bother or not?

I don’t but if I had lots of money I would, so YANBU.

I used to when we both worked full time and it was just us.

Currently I only specifically buy organic milk and eggs and I am happy to pay the extra as it also involves animal welfare. I am now starting to buy more organic meat again, but if it's not organic then it has to be whole cuts from British bred meat. I avoid as much as possible UPF meat based products as I don't know the provenance of that meat.

I am very conscious, however, that I don't buy organic greek yoghurt. I usually buy Fage, and it's on my radar to try to find an organic version I can easily buy as we eat it every day.

I am not quite so fussed about the veg at the moment. I thought it did taste nicer, but my purse doesn't stretch to all organic at the moment.

We’ve been doing this, it’s so expensive!

The problem I have is the availability of it at the supermarkets, it seems to be the expensive supermarkets that have it and not the cheaper ones and even then it’s in short supply.

I would like to know what to prioritise as organic I.e. does veg matter more than meat etc.?

I always buy organic eggs and milk. IIRC it has better omega oils / fats (or something).

We sacrifice lots of other things so we can have all organic food. Would rather eat well and set dc up for good health than scrimp on food and splurge on flash holidays etc.

I'm struggling to find organic greek yoghurt. If you know of any brands please let me know if you can. Thanks :)

I buy organic fruit unless it’s been shipped from the other side of the world.. in which case I’ll go for something locally grown.

@AliBaliBee1234Yeo Valley

Thanks so much. I tried looking at Yeo Valley but could only find greek style yoghurt.

I try my best with this while being realistic!

Eggs, butter & milk definitely all organic & as much of everything else as I can afford. Fruit, definitely berries but things like bananas & avacado (things with thick skin!) I don’t bother. Tinned toms etc are all organic.

I buy as much as possible organic but without being fanatical about it. So if the organic version is truly crap or unavailable, I will buy the non organic. With meat if it is not organic it has to be an equivalent welfare standard, I'm not willing to compromise on that.

Yes for my husband’s alternative cancer treatment. Hard to find, not convinced I trust all the provenances and £££.

As farmers we try to grow as much as we can ourselves.

Waitrose seems the best option.

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I buy almost all organic but had read recently that they can treat organic produce for specific reasons or a small number of times and still sell it as organic which is disappointing. Thinking of ordering from small organic farms in future who guarantee no spraying or chemical use

@Commonsenseisnotsocommon this is my logic but my husband did say the other day if we weren’t buying organic we’d be saving about £6k a year 😂 arguably a small price for their health but still a sobering thought!

I looked at the non-organic price of milk and eggs lately. I couldn't believe it. I won't stop buying them though.

Remember that episode of SATC where Carrie realised she'd spent $30k on shoes.......

They do a Greek recipe yoghurt too, you can get it from Tesco. I think it’s basically Greek yoghurt but made using British milk.