How imports is giving organic food?

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I think I’ve been brainwashed by the organic brigade/trend.

When I started weaning my baby, I made sure everything was organic so started buying Ella’s pouches. But I wanted to make my own food, so still bought organic fruit and veg. However the supermarkets don’t have much range.

For instance, in the Ella range...you can buy peach, mango etc but you would not find organic mango in Asda!

Does it really matter that it’s organic?

I bought a mixed bag of veg that I am going to roughly blitz up and freeze. But i feel so guilty that it’s not organic. I also have mini cucumbers that I would like to give him as finger food but again it’s not organic, so feel guilty!

It’s okay isn’t it?

I remember growing up on Heinz, so non organic can’t be that bad? Or is pesticides usage becoming worse?

He does abit of baby led in the evening where he has a bit of our food which isn’t made with organic ingredients.

Just buying everything organic is expensive!

Thank you

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I don’t think it matters that much! We personally buy organic dairy and meat, mostly because of better farming practices and antibiotic use. Other stuff I’m not too worried about. For me it’s a nice to have if you can afford it and it’s available but it’s not something I loose sleep over.
Let your DS try the cucumbers!

I was obsessive with DS1 being weaned and only eating organic!! As he got older I had to become more relaxed as for example, going to Nana's house for the day, she would give him lunch and snacks etc that were not organic (even though I would pack lots of snack and meals etc for him) Nana just fed him what she was eating.

Even though we live in a very nice area in the country, no pubs or restaurants serve organic food. So as he got older, I had no choice but to give him non organic meals.

DS2 I'm now far more relaxed. But when I'm shopping if I can buy organic I will, if I can't get an organic broccoli, then I will get a different one.

I would say 95% of everything I buy is organic. Some things are impossible to buy!

It is expensive but if you can get something with no horrible pesticides etc..surely it's worth it?

We don't usually buy anything organic and that hasn't changed. We might have the odd broccoli if it's cheaper than the usual one. We can't get or afford the same range of fruit, veg and fish (we don't eat meat) if we brought organic. We also did BLW so there was a lot of waste in the early days and it was bad enough seeing most of a 50p cucumber going into the compost bin, let alone if we have brought organic.

I agree with expressedways about meat and dairy, but think it's probably more important that they get a range of foods.

There are a heck of a lot of pesticides in non organic fruit and vegetables!

Personally I wouldn't bother with organic as there's really no such thing. Even in organic farming they still use pesticides and worm animals etc just slightly different from non organic. Unfortunately, I personally don't think , it's all a bit of a con. If I were you I'd just shop locally, buying meat and veg from a reputable local farmer - if that happens to be organic then great
(I'm from a farming background by the way so have seen first hand exactly what goes into an organic farm)

If nonorganic food wasn’t perfectly fine for children I’m sure we’d have realised by now.

Organic is a marketing ploy - they still spray everything with pesticides just “natural” ones that are more damaging than the chemical ones.

The organic movement and Soil Association did great work from 30 years ago, being the first to push for increased animal welfare and reduced pesticides in food. And then UK welfare requirements and pesticide rules caught up, thanks to their pressure - strawberries nowadays have about 1% the residues on them they had in the 70s, for example.

So now they're a bit of a movement without a cause, with problems such as some members refusing to update the list of permitted chemicals (so organic farmers still use copper sulphate which other farmers have replaced with less toxic alternatives), others more pragmatic and trying to move their agenda forward to lower-meat, more sustainable diets, etc.

In short, I wouldn't worry. Though outside Europe where agricultural standards are lower, I would choose organic for some products. Here I don't as the differences are negligible now (eg the 'increased welfare standards' boil down to max 38 rather than 39 chickens per metre cubed...)

Organic food still gets sprayed with pesticides