Anybody else not 'DO' Organic?

[dyzzidi]

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?????

Dyzzidi - are you seriously saying that you know people who eat only organic food in restaurants?

marthamoo - you may find an organic box scheme to be cheaper. Our overall grocery spend is the same after switching to Abel and Cole as it was buying non-organic stuff in the supermarket. But we also switched to internet shopping at about the same time, which means we don't buy things on impulse, so I'm not sure which has been the bigger factor. We certainly seem to throw away a lot less unused food than we used to before we used Abel and Cole.

I knowone really anal person I will not call her a friend as she is more of a friend of a friend. We were arranging a meal with said friend and she said oh suchabody won't come as she will only eat at home. When I asked why she said because she could not guarantee all the produce would be organic.

She didn't even eat at another friend wedding.

At the risk of being shot down how many of you organic ladies smoke or live with a smoker????

I like organic products. Most of the time they are better for the environment and the people growing and eating them. I buy organic bananas because I don´t support fun and friendly Dole ( no mention of the word +safe+) or Chiquata bananas. I buy fair trade bananas cos it is not just about me and my kids, but All people. I also like to buy at the market cos its FRESH and I seems to last alot longer in the fridge.

It is an emotive and bias swaying subject, organics. But fallowing of the land is some parts of the world are occuring less. And if only year after year spray artificial chemicals or various nature onto the soil then you must be very careful. As we do ingest some of these chemicals. Less in a sense of application that has gone into our soils than in years past. But still continual and many people have pointed the finger at cancer rates and chemical spraying still. Mistakes occur to... planet

This was in the news today in NZ GE crops can harm wildlife - British study shows

You see I shop at the market I just never even thought of whether that produce is organic or not I just shop there to keep the market going as i feel it is an important part of the community.

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Dyzzidi - these are not arguments against trying to eat more organic food. So what point are you trying to make? Sorry, but I just don't see what you are trying to prove.

You get nutters in all groups, Dyzzidi

only if its cheaper (some hope!)

Not a tobacco smoker. Everybody should grow there own tobacco and smoke not that chemical shite.

I will be buying organic chrisps after reading this thread I love them and so already does dd! I don´t each much junk food otherwise.

Joolstoo what if it were the same price?

I am trying to see if i am alone in not paying over the odds at the supermarkets for organic food. As there is only a percentage of the supermarkets products that are organic I surely can not be alone.

No point to be made just a discussion!

Each to their own if you ask me

grow there own 'tobacco' isn't that illegal

I don't do organic...I'm going straight to hell, with my dh and kids in tow

Seriously, a lot of the food that is sold as organic in supermarkets is imported from countries where their organic standards would fail in this country - so you might as well save your money.

Putting my halo on for a mo - Fairtrade is FAR more important to me. At least I know that the farmers who produce it are getting a fair price, rather than organic farmers who are getting completely shafted by the supermarkets.

Paolosgirl you and me both

if I'm honest probably the organic (if it tasted nice) BUT - the organic food has its own little corner somewhere in a vast supermarket and I don't know where it is! If it was side by side .....

in CH you can grow it legally but not smoke it if you mean hemp... tobacco is of course legal to grow and smoke... but not so common..
the growing bit

organic in CH is together with conventional on the shelves. The UK should wise up... does your supermartket have a suggestion box.?

I am really interested if people who eat organic food are as conscious with other aspects of there lives.

eg

Do they smoke/live with smoker?

Recycle?

Use public transport where possible?

Use chemical cleaning products?

Live in inner citys where pollution is a big problem?

Buy local produce?

Wear Fur?

All the controversal stuff you should be doing yet sometimes never do.

Is organic food a part of a lifestyle i do not have?

Where is CH?

Do they smoke/live with smoker? NO (HAVE THE ODD ONE WHEN REALLY PISSED THO [WINK])

Recycle? YES ALWAYS

Use public transport where possible? YES

Use chemical cleaning products? TRY AND GET THE NON DAMAGING ONES LIKE ECOVER

Live in inner citys where pollution is a big problem? HMM NOT INNER BUT A CITY

Buy local produce? NOT A LOT OF IT ROUND HERE!

Wear Fur? OF COURSE NOT!

All the controversal stuff you should be doing yet sometimes never do.

Is organic food a part of a lifestyle i do not have? NO IDEA WHAT YOUR LIFESTYLE IS LIKE!

Pretty normal work fulltime, use public transport, recycle, don't smoke,live in inner city but travel 10 miles with dp to local farms.all the normal stuff apart from organic food.

I don't have kids yet and did say at the beginning not sure if having a baby will change my attitude or not.

And think to not eat pesticides is pretty futile if you are smoking 20 a day!

If you eat organic for enviromental reasons I just think you should follow it thoughout your lifestyle. I admit i do do some things but could probably do a bit more for the enviroment.

Still trying to talk boss into recycling at work

Switzerland?

Smoke/live with smoker - no
Recycle - more and more, since Council takes plastic, newspaper and glass
Public transport - yes when commuting. Not otherwise (too complicated from where I live)
Cleaning - use Ecover
City? No
Local produce - not much available
Fur - no

But this isn't a 'lifestyle', whatever you mean by that, or even based on a coherent set of convictions. In fact, the answers to some of your questions would have been different before DD came along. I started using Ecover to protect her and buying organic food to protect her. But I don't smoke because I don't want to get cancer. I live in an outer suburb because I like looking at trees. I can't see that this makes me some kind of eccentric with vegetarian hair.