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NOW CLOSED Talk to Organic UK about about buying organic food and win a Neal's Yard 'pamper hamper' worth £100 plus 10 runner up prizes

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KatieBMumsnet · 14/05/2012 11:18

As part of the new "Organic, Naturally Different Campaign" the folks at Organic UK would like to know Mumsnetters' opinions on buying organic food for your family. Here's what Organic UK says: "The campaign wants to encourage all of us to think again about the benefits of organic, and support organic producers. We all want good, natural food and that's exactly what organic is all about."

So if you buy organic food, please tell us what you buy and why? Does buying organic only matter to you for certain items and not others? Or is anything and everything you buy organic? Why is buying organic food important to you?

If you don't buy (or don't always buy) organic food, why is this? What prevents you from buying organic? Is there anything that could persuade you to purchase organic food?

Also, are you 100% sure on what organic produce is and how it is classified? Or are you not too sure?

Everyone who adds their comments to this list will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will receive a Neal's Yard 'pamper hamper' worth £100 and 10 runners up will each win one copy of the Discover Organic cookbook (worth £14.99).

Full T&Cs can be found here.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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KatieBMumsnet · 16/05/2012 12:43

Hi PuzzleRocks,

This thread will be active for the rest of the week, however Organic UK would love to know how you get on. If you'd like to let them know about your experience at a later date you can contact them via Twitter (@organicukfood)
Alternatively, if you would like to contact their PR agency directly, PM me and I'll give you their email address.

MNHQ

KatieBMumsnet · 23/05/2012 15:36

Thanks to everyone who has posted comments so far, Organic UK have found your comments very useful and have asked us to post this response:

?There is a growing body of research that shows organic food can be more nutritious. Put simply, organic food contains more of the good stuff we need ? like vitamins and minerals ? and less of the bad stuff that we don't ? like pesticides, additives and drugs. Organic milk is the most researched organic food with significant findings in its favour. Research has shown that organic milk and dairy products contain more beneficial nutrients than non-organic - omega-3 fatty acid, Vitamin E and beta-carotene - because organic cows eat more grass (and conserved grass in winter). Organic standards also ban the use of hydrogenated fats and controversial additives including aspartame, tartrazine and MSG.

We know that the presence of pesticides in food is a huge concern for consumers, and is the number one reason cited for why people choose to buy organic. Research by the Government's Pesticide Residues Committee revealed that these concerns are well founded, with over 40% of all non-organic fruit, vegetables and bread tested containing pesticides. The results for particular fruit and vegetables were much worse, and pesticides were found in all oranges tested, 90% of bread, 72% of grapes, 95% pears. Washing, peeling and cooking can do nothing against the new and increasingly common class of systemic pesticide. These chemicals are introduced to plants and animals as seed dressings or sprays and can remain in every part of a plant for its entire life.
With all of this in mind, buying organic offers a simple solution and remains the top reason for consumers to do so.?

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KatieBMumsnet · 13/06/2012 10:21

Thanks to everyone who has taken part in this discussion Thanks

Congratulations to tumbleweedblowing, you've won a Neal's Yard 'pamper hamper' worth £100!

The following Mumsnetters have also won a copy of the Discover Organic cookbook (worth £14.99):
Pufflemum
hackneyzoo
AceOfBase
Thisisformatilda
NorthernNumpty
SuePurblybilt
Fillybuster
notcitrus
Indith
MoreBeta

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