What do you think about "Organic" food?

[Alceste]

I do. I've drastically revamped my diet. I will never eat fast food again, and I will not eat any foods that have any sort of preservative, additive, or other chemical that shouldn't be there. There are also a couple local farms near me that I plan on getting eggs, chickens, and fruits and veggies from.

It's overall more expensive, but I think it's worth it.

After a while, you might begin to discover that when your food is a higher quality, you need to eat less and you get more bang for your buck. So I think the added cost of a decent diet (including lots of organic, local produce whenever possible) balances out in the end.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Plus, even though the price of organic food may show to be higher initially, it actually is much cheaper in the long run and overall for our society. Think about it, buying cheap meat and starches may save us some cash in our wallets right now, but the impact it has on our health and our environment comes at a much higher cost than we think.

I agree with Alceste, though. When you buy higher-quality food, you actually wind up eating less of it.

 

[TurkeyOnRye]

Plus, even though the price of organic food may show to be higher initially, it actually is much cheaper in the long run and overall for our society. Think about it, buying cheap meat and starches may save us some cash in our wallets right now, but the impact it has on our health and our environment comes at a much higher cost than we think.

I agree with Alceste, though. When you buy higher-quality food, you actually wind up eating less of it.

Good point.

 

[texan1]

I never worried too much about buying organic until I got pregnant for the first time. Now, I buy organic as often as possible. I just can't bear to give my kids the unhealthy stuff.

 

[methylatedghosts]

I don't have any qualms about buying regular milk, meat and veg in NZ - firstly, we're a very small country indeed... food doesn't have far to travel.

Secondly, having grown up on farms, and working on alot of farms, I know how the average cow is treated on dairy and beef farms, and the efforts being put in for their welfare is very good.

Now, the "organic" label basically says "no artificial stuff added while growing" for example growth hormones in chickens (I prefer not to eat chicken 1 too expensive and 2 the even more expensive organic chicken involves cages as well)

I believe the absence of fertilisers are included in the "organic" label - but many farmers won't buy into no fertilisers. (though I wish they would - we're farming our topsoil into dust the world over) Though having said that, dairy farmers in NZ spray the cow effluent from the ponds (washed out of the cowshed) onto the paddocks, which goes some small way.

Pesticides, fungicides and herbicides are not healthy, and *can* be replaced by natural ones, though they're more expensive. Though I always wash fruit and veges before I use them anyway to remove the -cides.

 

[texan1]

I don't have any qualms about buying regular milk, meat and veg in NZ - firstly, we're a very small country indeed... food doesn't have far to travel.

Secondly, having grown up on farms, and working on alot of farms, I know how the average cow is treated on dairy and beef farms, and the efforts being put in for their welfare is very good.

Now, the "organic" label basically says "no artificial stuff added while growing" for example growth hormones in chickens (I prefer not to eat chicken 1 too expensive and 2 the even more expensive organic chicken involves cages as well)

I believe the absence of fertilisers are included in the "organic" label - but many farmers won't buy into no fertilisers. (though I wish they would - we're farming our topsoil into dust the world over) Though having said that, dairy farmers in NZ spray the cow effluent from the ponds (washed out of the cowshed) onto the paddocks, which goes some small way.

Pesticides, fungicides and herbicides are not healthy, and *can* be replaced by natural ones, though they're more expensive. Though I always wash fruit and veges before I use them anyway to remove the -cides.

I once heard from an employee at Whole Foods near me that much of the food grown in other countries is of higher quality than the "organic" foods here in the US, even if they are not labeled "organic".

 

[davidturner]

organic food is natural food. most of them taste good. such as tomato, onion, potato.

 

[lamplighter]

I buy organic whenever possible, though sometimes it can be a bit too much with the produce, but I always buy free range meats whenever available. I think people should watch Meet you Meat before they go to McDonalds next time, hasn't stopped me from eating meat but it has encouraged me to always buy hormone free meat or no meat at all.