The dirty dozen, renegade fruits and vegetable that are a no-no for organic foodies. You don't want to have the produce from this list over for dinner or playing with your kids. They are like your new neighbors keeping you up all night with their motorcycles and monster trucks, they destroy your immune system and deprive your body from building powerful cells (or sleeping ...if you have loud neighbors... yawn...)The list was originally compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is a selection of fruits and veggie options that one should consider buying as organic to avoid unnecessary pesticides (based on test results of pesticides that remain on product).
There are many reasons to consider organic produce and you get even more stars for buying local organic. Buying local means your produce is picked, sold and enjoyed at peak freshness. Organic farmers undergo strict prerequisites to become certified and maintain that certification. There are no subsidies available for organic farms and it is very labor intensive work, which is often why costs are higher for organic foods. The farmers are sustainable farmers and are kind to the earth.
Pesticides are unnatural chemicals created for treatment of weeds and animals. Why would you want to eat it? They are, more often that not, petroleum based… foreign oil… who owns the oil and what do our dollars support to buy the oil… what happens to the run off of the pesticides that are applied…
I could go on forever but here is a list of the produce that you should buy organically if you are able. Hey, most of these items are in season now. No brainer, call B&H http://www.bhorganicproduce.com/
There are many reasons to consider organic produce and you get even more stars for buying local organic. Buying local means your produce is picked, sold and enjoyed at peak freshness. Organic farmers undergo strict prerequisites to become certified and maintain that certification. There are no subsidies available for organic farms and it is very labor intensive work, which is often why costs are higher for organic foods. The farmers are sustainable farmers and are kind to the earth.
Pesticides are unnatural chemicals created for treatment of weeds and animals. Why would you want to eat it? They are, more often that not, petroleum based… foreign oil… who owns the oil and what do our dollars support to buy the oil… what happens to the run off of the pesticides that are applied…
I could go on forever but here is a list of the produce that you should buy organically if you are able. Hey, most of these items are in season now. No brainer, call B&H http://www.bhorganicproduce.com/
FRUIT
· Apples
· Cherries
· Grapes, imported
· Nectarines
· Peaches
· Pears
· Raspberries
· Strawberries
VEGETABLES
· Bell peppers
· Celery
· Potatoes
· Spinach
· Apples
· Cherries
· Grapes, imported
· Nectarines
· Peaches
· Pears
· Raspberries
· Strawberries
VEGETABLES
· Bell peppers
· Celery
· Potatoes
· Spinach
Organic DOES NOT equal pesticide free in the U.S. personally the organic pesticides such as Retonone approved for the market scare me more than the weaker synthetics available to farmers becuase of their link to Parkinson and Alzheimer's diseases. Also the "certified organic" farming practices in the US are just not sustainable to our soil or environment. Just do a little research and you will see. I am a farmers wife and we choose sustainable pesticide management on our farm and shun organic at all costs. I do it for my children's future.
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