What kinds of food do you buy organic?

[AtheneNoctua]

I buy some things organic (like milk and fresh veg). But some things I think are just a marketing ploy to get me to pay more 'cause they wrote "organic" on the box.

I vary a lot - sometimes I'll buy organic versions of things, other times not bother. I like organic bread, and weetabix. Other stuff I can't tell any difference, and I'm frankly not that fussed!

Milk (so its not full of puss), meat (so you know it has been reared outside) and Veg (from local farm).

I buy organic milk that is non homogenised I like having to shake it up to mix in the creamy bits.
we buy organic butter
this mainly started after seeing a programme about dairy farmers having a hard time and the extra money they get from having organic milk.

milk and cream and cheese definately. much as we can afford for other stuff.

meat if it is on offer.

did try weetabix once

yog and veg

milk

So, is that puss in the milk thing true?

milk, eggs , carrots , bananas and whatever else is in Lidl's organic section.

i buy locally sourced happy meat

Why weetabix? I would put that one in the marketing scam pile.

Meat.

But maybe milk as well from now on

It's made with a different variety of wheat, and DH prefers it - it's not specifically better because it's organic, but they grow different varieties of wheat organically because they do better.

Milk - used to cheese and yog as well till I went on maternity leave.
Eggs - used to chicken as well, now buy free range chicken. And where possible free-range pig products!
Baby food - for when camping, hols etc.
Before dd was born and we had more money and went to Waitrose an awful lot of what we bought was organic - now it's a lot less.

I tend to think all the organic stuff is in the scam pile. I'm sure the slug bait I put around home-grown veg would rule me out for starters. And the miracle-grow.

I do however, buy meat, eggs and veg at local farmers market for the privilidge of knowing the money goes to the people who have grown the food, and knowing it hasn't travelled halfway round the world to get to me!

Dairy, eggs and chicken.

Before I get jumped on... I think all organic stuff sold in supermarkets is on the scam pile, not all organic stuff fullstop.

I've seen veg that gets harvested close to home get shipped 100 miles away to distribution centres and shipped back for sale. I don't care how few chemicals it's had on it, thats still not good for anyone.

The puss thing is true. Most indoor dairy cows have mastitus despite the antibiotics they are fed. Organic milk is outside reared where cows graze naturally and are less likely to have infections, therefore less puss.

I buy the staples from a local organic box scheme- Milk, vegetables, fruit, and meat. Fish I try to buy in bulk down at Beer Quay straight from the sea, but more often pick in Sainsbury's. I tend to buy organic flour for bread making, but sometimes don't bother. We used to get organic yoghurt from the box scheme but stopped when it became difficult to judge quantities needed for the week. I don't think we're a knee-jerk organic household, and if it's too expensive I tend not to buy it or to buy non-organic alternatives. My main motivation for buying organic is that it is grown and reared in a more environmentally gentle way.

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Eggs & Milk

Eggs & Milk

Milk, Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Veg, Flour, Cereals where possible (certainly Porridge oats and weetabix (well Sainsbury's own) and cornflakes), Meat, Christmas pudding , tinned pulses and tomatos, pasta, rice, I think that covers most of what we buy tbh.

I think as belts tighten, we will have to switch back to non-organic varieties (I go on maternity leave for a year in Jan for a start!), but there are some things that experts say you should always aim for organic varieties-

Milk
Meat
root veg
Berries

I think were the most important. I would rather eat smaller quantities of meat than have to eat factory farmed chicken for example- and we're happy to have a few veggie meals per week if thats what it takes to economise- though to be fair organic fruit and veg are usually pretty expensive, especially if you don't have access to local farm shops etc.
The 'farmers' markets' where we live are in reality small producers markets- so honey, jams, cheese, sometimes meat...but rarely a wide variety of veg or fruit- perhaps peas when in season or rhubarb, but thats about it.

milk
oats

chicken if possible ie its reduced

otherwise it depends on price

i dont buy organic apart from chicken my aunt has own chickens and allotment so i get given it all

If it comes from an animal I try to buy organic/free range. Anything else depends on budget that week.

tell a lie, I've just realised that we rarely buy organic chicken, it's usually free range.