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how organic are you?

30 replies

DimpledThighs · 15/04/2007 17:37

Did my shoping today and I just wonder at all the organic produce avalialb e.

My sister buys any organic alternative that she can whereas I am a bit more selective.

I cannot see how buying organic coffee can be any different as it has so many toxins in it. Ditto alcohol - it you are having alcohol why are you worrying about toxins? Also I often buy non-organic fruit and vegetables if they have a very thick skin - e.g. oranges, bananas (but would go fair trade)

I only have organic:

-dairy
-meat
-underground vegetables

I try and get organic:

-pasta
-rice
-cereals
-other vegeatbles - salad stuff etc.

so - well what is the point of this post - well I just wondered how far (if at all) it goes for you?

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Fillyjonk · 15/04/2007 17:40

oooh

good question

MOST of me is made of some sort of carbon containing molecule

but then I am 80% (?) water which is not an organic compound, since it does not contain carbon

so i suppose it depends at what level you are looking at, really.

Original poster
DimpledThighs · 15/04/2007 17:42

oh smart arse!

mumsnet makes me feel so stoopid sometimes!

(quivers in anticpation of the rest of the sceince brigade!)

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Fillyjonk · 15/04/2007 17:44

sorry

also pmsl at your "underground vegetables"

are those the ones organising a fruit bunch (?) takeover?

in actual answer, i try to get everything on your list organic, the only things we don't bother with are fish (get it fresh from market) and crisps (I mean, what on earth is the point?)

Original poster
DimpledThighs · 15/04/2007 17:46

would you get organic coffee and gin though?

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Kbear · 15/04/2007 17:54

I don't buy anything organic. Should be ashamed or something, I'm not really sure?!

I do however buy fair trade where possible.

BingoStingo · 15/04/2007 17:57

same as Kbear

Buying local stuff is more important to me than organic tbh

Kbear · 15/04/2007 17:58

what's with the new name MamaG?

Fillyjonk · 15/04/2007 18:01

agree re buying locally produced stuff but tbh don't find it to be a choice

buy fairtrade coffee, organic if pos

gin? wtf would be the point?

tortoise · 15/04/2007 18:02

I don't buy anything organic either. Too damn expensive for me!

Hulababy · 15/04/2007 18:05

My fruit and veg is genberally organic. My pasta is generally organic, from veg supplier. My eggs are too.

When doing my online supermarket shop I tend to get organic fish and some yogurts,etc. Other stuff is too - beans, tin tomatoes, for example/.

I also buy fairtrade tea and coffee.
My meat generally isn't/ I buy it locally from the butcher, all farmed and sourced locally. But not nec organic.

Milk is from local milkma; not organic.

Greenleeves · 15/04/2007 18:05

I buy virtually everything organic these days - no meat, organic veg box, grow our own fruit/veg organically, organic dairy/eggs. We don't buy organic fish, the local fresh stuff is good enough for me. I buy fairtrade where possible too.

however financially we do go through "thin" patches where we just can't afford the things we would like and have to buy everything as cheaply as we can get it. I make most of what we eat from scratch, which is cheaper than buying processed or prepared food. We eat a lot of vegetable soups and granary bread and home-made veg curries/chillies. I have large stocks of dried pulses/rice/pasta/spices etc for impecunious times. I am trying to wean us off supermarkets altogether, and have almost managed it now we have the veg box and the allotment.

It's certainly not about snobbery, in my case anyway. Many things I may be, but not a snob. It's about health considerations, the fact that a lot of what's available locally is organic, and the fact that it tastes markedly better IMO. I think there are so many bizarre practices and corner-cutting measures in farming and food production these days that knowing as much as possible about the provenance and quality of one's food is increasingly important. And it does concern me that I am responsible for limiting the levels of dangerous toxins entering my children's bodies, so I do my best, when I can afford to. It may sound poncey but really it comes down to hard work (growing stuff) and scrubbing lots of unwashed vegetables, and eating vegetarian slop a lot

I don't really understand the vitriol and scorn that gets heaped on those who try to by organic food by some MNers - it's odd.

BingoStingo · 15/04/2007 18:08

kbear - new name is an old cod name that I was always envious of - she let me have it

Kbear · 15/04/2007 18:12

ah, I see. (In the words of Barry White - I liked you just the way you were)!!

BingoStingo · 15/04/2007 18:12

I'm sure it will be temporary kbear!

BingoStingo · 15/04/2007 18:13

I'll flutter between the two

FluffyMummy123 · 15/04/2007 18:15

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FluffyMummy123 · 15/04/2007 18:18

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Hillllllllllary · 15/04/2007 18:19

Everything I buy is organic from our food to our cleaning agents, nappies, baby clothes, compost for the garden, eco friendly bin liners etc.

We grow our own organic fruit & veg, no pectacides etc & we have a giant rabbit to eat all the left over veg and keep the grass short.

Greenleeves · 15/04/2007 18:29

We have a nice big rabbit too, he eats all out veg peelings etc, and provides the fertiliser for the allotment

Will soon have chickens in the back garden too.

janeite · 15/04/2007 18:49

We always buy organic milk and organic carrots. Everything else we buy organic if it's not too hideously expensive (ie: on mega-special offer).

Fillyjonk · 15/04/2007 18:54

am feckin at greeny

a rabbit and chickens

at inadequate garden and pesky allotment rules

portonovo · 15/04/2007 18:56

Greensleeves, I could almost have written your first post!

Right down to the allotment, veggie soups, granary bread and masses of pulses! And attempting to avoid supermarkets - we're getting there!

We've already got our chickens - and our first lot of chicks hatched last week! These will hopefully provide lots of nice dinners in a few months time...

We don't buy much packaged or processed stuff, but when we do, I like organic because I know rubbish like aspartame and hydrogenated fats are banned in organic. Simple as that.

TooTicky · 15/04/2007 19:01

All fruit and veg organic, flour, pasta, rice, etc., cheese and eggs for the dcs, um.... oh, sugar (also fairtrade), icing sugar, even sprinkles .
It's very important to me and non-organic fruit and veg makes me feel very uneasy.

Mercy · 15/04/2007 19:07

We usually buy organic

milk
butter
cheese
chicken
eggs
juice

We recently decided to only buy organic fruit and veg if grown in the UK, with the exception of apples!

dh would love to keep hens!

Idreamofdaleks · 15/04/2007 19:09

I am a recent convert to organic since I had a pay rise! I try to buy all organic food but wouldn't buy organic alcohol. I am trying to buy as local as I can too. I am not fanatical or obsessive about it though.

I don't buy organic clothes but do buy a lot of second hand gear.