How to Shop for Organic Foods Without Breaking Your Budget

re: How to Shop for Organic Foods Without Breaking Your Budget

christy_nita — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:34:00 GMT

I lost 10 pounds too the first month and a half that I began to eat organic. I eliminated all the preservative filled food and started eating more raw foods, soups and non-processed foods. Also, when you go organic, you eliminate fast food by default, which will inevitably make you lose weight at a rapid rate until you plateau.

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nutritiousmeal — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:17:32 GMT

Organics and supplements in the US will be gone 12/31/09. Codex Alimentarius.

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PlantLady — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:32:07 GMT

If you want to eat healthier, start a community gardens project. We did! We grow as organically as possible AND donate to the local food bank as well as have a self-sustaining farmer's market crop planned for fall 2008/spring 2009, as well as selling to local restaurants (yes! organic here we come!). If you're wondering about $$ to start a project, go to your local food bank and ask. They can more likely than not tell you what agency to contact (here in WA state it is the Horizon's Project) as most local food banks have gov't grant programs of some sort or another. That way the community is in control of what pesticides are used and if farmscaping is a viable method to attract honeybees. We also have a composting project going (organic only) and will make use of cover crops. Beware some "organic" pesticide controls...studies are now indicating that some (some forms of Bt, possibly neem oil) are still detrimental to honeybees. If you use diatomaceous earth, use only food grade (also great tick & flea egg killer and if your animal ingests it, it will deworm w/o harm).

Happy Gardening!

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S. Schenck — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:02:38 GMT

If you don't buy organic, it could be GMOs. The book Seeds of Destruction has case studies in which animals fed a 100% GMO diet died, their young ones being particularly vulnerable. Organic is costly---no doubt. And if you have a family with kids, you may think, forget it! Too much money. However, CHILDREN are ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE to pesticides. Check out the video on google Video by Dr. Laibow. (Codex Nutricide) If Codex passes, there will no longer be any standards for pesticides and by some experts' estimates, the pesticides will be so toxic that children and even teens will be dying by the billions! I kid you not!

S.Schenck

www.livefoodfactor.com

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HansMassage_203 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:29:17 GMT

Have to set aside time to dig the little red potatoes for the farmers market tomarrow.

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infinity — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:47:34 GMT

Hi: The comment about buying from co-ops is KEY to obtaining cheaper organic produce and minimally-processed other foods. Check your local ph books and/or go online and just enter "food co-ops". You'll be surprised how many there are. I belong to the Park Slope Food Co-op which started as a buying club out of people's homes and now has 3 supermarket like stores -- except the first thing you see when you walk onto the shopping floor is --FOOOOD! -- not candy, cookies & soda! We're around 15,000 strong and over 30 years old now. There are several more in Brooklyn: ClintonGreene (in Ft. Greene), and 2 more, in I believe, E.New York, and/or Bed Stuy. PSFC has helped these independent groups get going, along with another one in the Bronx. Anyone can do this -- but it does take a lot of work to start with. PSFC's markup is 21% and we have foods from every possible ethnic culture you can imagine. A lot of our produce is not organic, but "our" farmers are willing to work with us to minimize the pesticides. mWe buy Fair Trade and from farm & otherco-operatives in other countries. A word of warning: some of the apparently good guy companies offering so-called "natural" and "organic" this and that are not entirely truthful. But those who are really trying have websites and will answer questions. And the more of us who buy in these alternative markets (bypassing middlemen and avoiding agribusiness altogether), the more there will become available of their produce and other merchandise. And you need to know the FDA has something known as GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) (ha, ha!). This means the producer does not have to list items on that list on their labels. READ READ READ, labels, Mercola, and everything you can lay hands on about healthy food. Good hunting.

Gaye Leslie

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snowyblue71 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:39:38 GMT

If one stops shopping for processed food at the supermarkets, it will save at least a couple of hundred dollars, and this can then be better spent on Organic wholefoods.

If occasionally, you want a tin of beans, mayonaise or tomato paste; buy Organic, and if like me, you don't care for the taste of organic beans, or organic mayonaise; tweek it! I add a little organic soy sauce and honey to the beans, and a little mustard and lemon juice to the mayonaise. Better to do that, than ingest chemicals wouldn't you say!

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zachem — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:13:26 GMT

I'm fortunate enough to be able to pick organic and wild elderberries and figs in my area during the summer. I look forward to planting my own organic garden and orchard next spring!

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DDS_203 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:39:14 GMT

I don't know where the author shops but certainly not in my neck of the woods....his/her statement:

"....You can often find organic produce on sale for less than conventional produce if you know what prices to watch for."

And if you take the link and go to the list of foods with corresponding pesticide values/rankings, does anyone know if you can significantly change the ranking if you peeled the veggies and fruits? I would loved to have seen a comparable list of them peeled.

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TWS500 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:04 GMT

It helps to shop around for farmers' markets too... There's one near my office during the week that charges high prices, unfortunately... But the weekend farmers' markets are more reasonable... I am fortunate to live near the oldest farmer's market in North America in Alexandria, VA, home of George Washington...

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C Sainz — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:33:50 GMT

I love the thought and info put into these articles. I would just like to comment that latest reports show that their are NO Pesticide Free Organics in this country anymore. They have a lower percentage rate from 18% to 25% and are definitely better for you; but they are not pesticide free. We can thank Monsanto for contaminating our Organic fields in this country.

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kingstukie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:39:54 GMT

I had 15 - 20 fresh blueberries this morning. Straight off a bush in my garden:)

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Kimberly Wenger — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:10:27 GMT

Since I began practicing "organic" living, I've dropped 25 pounds in 4 months.

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chubby — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:37:38 GMT

Dont forget that terrificwebsite that helps you locate local growers of organic / natural produce and products www.localharvest.org chubby

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4Hand Healthy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:15:26 GMT

One will likely eat less, as more of the food goes to nourish your body and less to waste...,less food ,less money!!!