Five easy ways to go organic, at the NY Times Well blog. The title is slightly misleading - this article really points the way to the best choices for your dollar. It can be hard to go entirely organic; prices are high, and feeding a family always means compromises.
This piece highlights five foods that are both common in our diets and also highly affected by pesticides and chemicals. We already buy organic apples and milk, two of the obvious picks, but others were surprising. Apparently a USDA test found that 81 percent of potatoes still contained pesticides after being washed and peeled.
If you're trying to move towards organic produce but are overwhelmed by the choices, check out this list - it's a good place to start.
posted originally from: AT:Kitchen
When the budget for buying organic is limited, another good way to make organic food more affordable is to cut down on eating out. As part of AT's Green Cure, I have been cooking at home more frequently, and bringing leftovers to work instead of eating out as often. I noticed that I was spending the same amount of money on food, even though I have been making a point of buying organic.
Another potential "green" benefit of cutting back on restaurant meals is waste reduction. In Portland, where we don't have a very good gleaning program for foodbanks, restaurants toss a lot of edible food into the dumpster.
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Regarding organic milk, for New Yorkers who live convenient to a greenmarket or Chelsea Market -- Ronnybrook Dairy is not only organic, but grass fed, local, and humanely treated. And they have a $1 bottle deposit, which means that if you turn in a bottle every time you buy another, it comes out much cheaper than some of the less sustainable options (like Horizon, ick).
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