Do You Do Organic Food?

[AtlantiCat 0]

By "organic," I mean food that has been grown sustainably without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers (no Miracle-Gro!) in a fashion designed to do little or no damage to the natural environment. Preferably, it's also grown locally to the people who consume it so as to reduce the emissions footprint as much as possible.

And for you chemistry geeks, by "organic," I do not mean "contains carbon." B)

[Sinergy 3]

I would if it werent so expensive.

example:

reg bananas .49 cents a pound

organic bananas .89 cents a pound

edited due to retard spelling mistake

Edited September 6, 2007 by Ionescu

[Fuzzness 2]

I don't go out of my way to get it. And yes, all food that is or once was alive is organic so how did this stuff become labeled as such?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I've noticed out here in So. Cal., Von's carries a brand called, Organics and the prices are comparible with their counterparts.

Trader Joe's has a decent selection of organic foods and the prices are really good.

[Nancy2015 2]

No. I don't care if my food's "organic" or not.

[~*Maria*~ 1]

No and no i dont eat organic food, havent even thought about buying it neither!

[Ladylethal 12]

I've had organic before, but only 'cus other people bought and served it, or 'cus I got it as a gift from someone who's into it.

I did have a little vegetable patch at home and we didn't use pesticides so I guess it was organic, but I don't give much thought to it, I know that when I am buying tomatos the less "toxic" ones are the ugly ones, but I'll still buy the pretty, plump ones.

[mawilson 2,133]

Always organic, except when eating out. (Some restaurants do use organic food,

but I suspect that the majority use non-organic to cut costs.)

[Jasman0717 9]

Organic food here is expensive so I usually just go to the farmers market, at least the fruit and veggies are vine ripe

[Lou Lou 1]

We try and eat 100% organic although there are a few exceptions. We don't eat out at chain restaurants and choose to eat at local restaurants that are part of an organic food network. We grow our own veg, buy others from local markets, trade with neighbors, and buy our meat and eggs from a great farm just 5 miles away. I'd rather spend money on quality food than eat ####### supermarkets sell. (Though I would give my right arm for a local Trader Joe's). The meat is particularly low quality around here and I feel bad for the people that simply can't afford to buy organic. Cost differs depending on what you buy. A t-bone from the supermarket is around $7/lb, and we pay $9/lb for organic beefalo (beef/buffalo). Reg bananas are 69c/lb and 79c for organic. ####### eggs are I don't know how cheap $1.50 dozen? and we pay $3 a dozen. I would never buy caged hen eggs under any circumstances.

[Nessa 23]

too expensive. But yeah, if I could only eat food without pesticides, hormones added, all that ####### I would. But only if I didn't have to make any effort to do so (like not eatting in certain restaurants because they don't have org. food) or spend too much money on it.

I can't buy fresh food everyday. They have to last and it's kind of hard to have food that don't expire or get bad fast if they don't have preservatives and all that #######.

I guess the only way we could really eat all ''organic'' would be if we went back to 1807.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

I do my best to eat all organic foods...new york is a great city to live in if you are interested in doing so...if i go out to eat during my lunch break, most of the time i go to one of the organic delis that are just a few blocks away...we also have lots of organic supermarkets and food coops...if i cant afford to buy all organic then i do my best (pick and choose which items i can buy at the regular supermarket), i will never drink hormone milk, that just grosses me out...

[LaL 418]

yup, we do organic!

[MissStacey 1]

If I could do all my grocery shopping at Whole Paycheck (Whole Foods) I would. They have some amazing things there. The produce and the meat is always so beautiful.

[Caladan 19]

I don't go out of my way to get it. And yes, all food that is or once was alive is organic so how did this stuff become labeled as such?

Because words can some times have different meanings depending on context? Anything with a carbon bond counts as organic in chemistry.... but who cares?

I'm sort of hit or miss with organic. Quite a lot of it isn't in my budget, but the farmer's market is usually reasonably affordable and TJ's is pretty good.