If you had to buy only 5 items of organic produce, what would they be?

[MrsJamin]

What are the most worthwhile things to buy 'organic'?

Currently exclusively breastfeeding, planning what to buy nearly-6 month old for BLW weaning and I don't know whether it's worth it to buy organic for him, considering I don't eat any organic food at the moment, so he will have got lots of non-organic nastiness through my milk anyway. Should I bother or just save my pennies for something more interesting?

oh def eggs

By scaring the public, the organic lobby has created a billion pound market in the UK for food that is up to 40% more expensive than that produced by conventional farming and from which it is indistinguishable.

all animal products: meat, milk, eggs, cheese, butter

then if feeling wadded:

spinach, strawbs, tomatoes.

(got fed up with FISHY tomatoes, yuk)

in general things that you peel (bananas, carrots, oranges etc) are the ones to go for if you can't buy all organic

eggs

milk

salmon

beef

carrots

we have been made to believe that chemicals=bad and natural things=good, yet all infections are caused by natural organic becteria.

The soil association's list of approved pesticieds includes 'SoftSoap', which is actually octodesanoic acid and carries a label warning that it is harmful to fish

only coffee and my chocolate, but that is because I am allergic to milk and the best dark choc, IMO, is fairtrade organic, and the coffee is because that is my fave drink/foodstuff.....ever.

I do much prefere the meat and veg from the butchers and greenbrocers, but TBH, I have no idea if is organic??

yes but to our bodies, whether they started out as synthetic man made chemicals or natural substances, they are still all broken down into chemicals. Anyway, these chemical pesticides have a sort half-life and have not been shown to accumulate in the body. Their level in food is highly regulated and so low that it is unlikely to cause any symptoms, even in the most sensitive individuals. Extensive medical studies have failed to implicate chemical pesticides as the cause of any known clinical condition. They do not accumulate in the food chain or in the body.

Virtually all the chemical pestiside residue found on food can be washed off, it isn't absorbed by the food.

Jeeez, I'm committing professional suicide here aren't I!

milk
apples
pears
meat
yoghurts

Hmmm. I'm not one of these people who obssesses about food and health etc, but I have read many worrying things about the amount of shite in non-organic milk that makes me worry enough not to buy it anymore. I'm also suspicious of food that doesn't taste like it should - non-organic tomatoes and factory-farmed chicken are two examples I can think of. I would eat them in a restaurant or at othe rpeople's houses, don't get me wrong - I just try to make a point of buying those things organic when I can.

I know riven, I'm not saying there are no benefits to organic, and I support it fom an environmental point of view too. I just guess I have become a bit disillusioned having worked 'behind the scenes' as it where, extensively researched organic vs non organic food, and seen how the Soil Association works. For a start it is ridiculous that people have to pay to get an organic certification, and without that certification they cann't use the word organic to describe their produce, even if it is organic in nature! This is very unfair to small growers and manufacturers.

not everything you read is true though MrsMattie. I do believe lots of people erroniously believe there is puss in non-organic milk for example! What rubbish.

There may be no evidence that organic is better for you. The word 'organic' has begun to be seen as marketing hype and many are sceptical of it.

However if you dropped the label and instead asked people 'would you prefer your your meat naturally produced or with added chemicals, drugs and hormones?' I know which I would prefer.

And yes it costs more but good quality always does.

(OMDB - I am roffling at the image of a big pink stripey cat stuck in a milk bottle!)

lol

MILK

YOGHURT

EGGS

SALMON

BREAD

Animal products, especially milk and meat.

milk
carrots
apples
meat
eggs

thanks for the link, I will save it and read it when I have tikme to focus on it later. As I said, I do believe organic is better for the environment, and it would be good if it became the norm instead of a luxury that the richer farmers and food manufacturers can afford.

Salmon stopfighting?! I would suggest you switch to wild pacific salmon, it is far superior to farmed fish, which all organic fish has to be obviously.

Fish I am very very fussy about.

milk
chicken
cheese
yogurt
brocolli

Salad leaves are something that are intensively sprayed. I always try to buy organic when it comes to lettuce.

I was told that tea is one of the most heavily sprayed crops in the world and so organic tea was a good investment.