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Anybody else not 'DO' Organic?

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dyzzidi · 22/03/2005 08:35

Okay so I don't have kids yet so i may alter my opinion then but I don't do organic.

I actually refuse to buy anything organic as I feel it has not harmed me all of my life eating normal stuff.

I eat quite healthily lots of fruit and veg etc but will not pay for the organic label and what is organic ketchup & baked beans all about?. I thought if something was bad for you it was bad for you regardless of that is in it.

Also I don't do Tofu or quorn or anything I feel is manufactured veggies.

Ok there I have voiced the fact that I and many of my friends don't do organic, Anyone else?????

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CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:05

As I said, it is the perception that organic food is more expensive when it is not always the case, Iceland for eg said they would "keep those prices pegged to prices for non-organic vegetables"

But people couldn't see that.

Honestly anyone who would buy non organic over organic at the same price needs their head examining IMO

dyzzidi · 22/03/2005 11:06

It does make you wonder if they can do it for the same price why can't other supermarkets. I still think it is a money making racket like I said before they know they have a 'captive audience'.

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CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:08

My nanny once borrowed a pint of milk as she had run out and didn't have time to go to the shops. She told me the next day that her dd and boyfriend refused to drink it because it was organic and they thought that was "funny" (ie odd)

sandycheeks · 22/03/2005 11:13

Meat on the whole is just too expensive! Do you know that my dad got 8 pounds at a market as an average price for his lambs, at the local suprmarket next day one lamb leg cost more. Some people make a lot of money from our food.

sandycheeks · 22/03/2005 11:13

Meat on the whole is just too expensive! Do you know that my dad got 8 pounds at a market as an average price for his lambs, at the local suprmarket next day one lamb leg cost more. Some people make a lot of money from our food.

motherinferior · 22/03/2005 11:14

I think organic farming is better for the environment, even if it's not always clear how it'll affect the individual consumer.

However, I don't buy organic produce that has been produced half-way across the world on an island that's been bought up to grow food without pesticides. Given the Bananas Dilemma - or indeed the Chocolate Dilemma - that besets the liberalpinko cliche, I opt for fair traded.

Fortunately we use a box delivery scheme which provides us with organic, non-air-freighted, frequently local and where possible fair traded produce which salves our liberalpinko consciences

Caligula · 22/03/2005 11:15

Got a link to it CD?

I'm thinking of doing a box scheme - I figure if I just get a weekly delivery and freeze some, it'll save me going shopping and even if it costs more, I'll save money because I won't be popping into Safeways for the odd bit of broccoli and ending up spending £20!

Caligula · 22/03/2005 11:16

Sorry, meant MI.

CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:16

oh MI it's so nice we can rely on you for fun pinko dilemmas - I can just picture you in your birkys in front of the bananas in the lesbian co-operative organic food mart with a pack of organic in one hand and fair trade in the other...

motherinferior · 22/03/2005 11:17

We use this scheme which I think will deliver in your area, and you get fetching young antipodeans too.

CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:18

Abel and Cole

CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:18

SNAP

OldieMum · 22/03/2005 11:23

Another vote for Abel and Cole - the main source of our organic fruit and veg. My 82-year-old mother, previously highly sceptical about organic produce, now also gets a box from them every week, because she thinks their stuff tastes better.

marthamoo · 22/03/2005 11:27

I don't buy a great deal of organic food - mainly because of cost. I woud be interested to do a normal online shop at Tesco and then do the same shop with organic produce and see what the difference is (but I don't have time!)

What I wonder is where do you stop? I mean, if you buy organic do you buy everything organic? Do you refuse to buy stuff that isn't organic? I remember reading a magazine article about a woman who was fighting cancer and she said she had switched to a totally organic way of life - but couldn't persuade her kids to give up their usual breakfast cereal. What if that cereal was the one thing that had "bad" stuff in it? If you only buy some organic produce what's the point? Surely it's all or nothing.

I'm really not having a go. I would prefer us to eat organic food but it is just too expensive. I know if I made the decision to "go organic" I would then get in a tizz about stuff that wasn't organic - how do you reconcile this if you buy organic, but not everything organic?

OldieMum · 22/03/2005 11:30

Marthamoo - I'm not interested in going completely organic. I just want to eat fewer pesticides, on the assumption that the fewer I eat, the better. It's a trade-off between lower risks in the long term and expense now. It doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing decision.

dyzzidi · 22/03/2005 11:30

This was the point I was making about eating out. When you go to a restaurant (not Mcdonalds etc) Surely you genrally have no idea what is organic and what is not. Even if they advertise Organic ingredients used where possible you still don't know.

Does this mean food in restaurants doesn't taste as goos as it is not organic?

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dyzzidi · 22/03/2005 11:31

obviousley taste as good not as goos

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OldieMum · 22/03/2005 11:31

dyzzidi - that way madness lies. I think what matters is what I eat on a day-to-day basis, not a one-off meal in a restaurant.

marthamoo · 22/03/2005 11:34

Yes, that makes sense - to eat fewer pesticides etc., even if you can't eliminate them from your diet entirely. Yeah, I can see that. Thanks oldiemum. Sorry - I am kind of chewing this over in a thinking out loud type manner. I would still have at the back of my mind - what if the few non-organic things I bought were the ones that were going to cause problems? I'm probably anal. And I know it doesn't make any sense to go "oh well, I can't avoid all pesticides so sod it I'll just eat all of them."

Thinking out loud...

Caligula · 22/03/2005 11:34

Exactly. For me, it's a bit like the junk food argument. I really don't mind if my kids have the occasional chicken nugget and chips with no veg followed by ice-cream on a play date - just as long as the majority of their diet is balanced and healthy.

dyzzidi · 22/03/2005 11:34

I know it seems like madness to me but that is the way some people live.

It's the same way some people live on junk food.

I feel eating as healthy varied diet is enough for me.

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marthamoo · 22/03/2005 11:35

Is there anywhere you can compare costs of organic and inorganic (titter) food?

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marthamoo · 22/03/2005 11:36

I'm actually being convinced here that some is better than none.

And I do buy some already...

CountessDracula · 22/03/2005 11:37

just do two shops the same but with organic on Ocado or something

marthamoo · 22/03/2005 11:40

Maybe I will...

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