Is organic food for the elite? I don't think so.
Organic food consumption is on the rise despite hard times for many. I share why and how my family buys organic food on a strict budget.
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Great perspective, thanks for your story. I like to teach our daughter to investigate what she eats, and ask questions. I'm hoping her generation will demand healthier foods and make it the new norm. Tonight I'm writing about make affordable healthier Thanksgiving feasts, and lessons that can be taught from that. www.DieFoodDye.com
I subscribe to the theory that organic food is always worth the cost. I have recently noticed the rise of organic meat and I immediately became a fan of it. There are some great places such as The Healthy Butcher, Fresh From the Farm, Cumbrae’s in Toronto where you can get healthy and high-quality meat which not only eases your conscience as far as the treatment of animals is concerned but it also has a much more positive impact on your health and lifestyle..... More
it is definitely about priorities. my neighbors just bought a tv half the size of their entire living room wall. even frugal people spend money on things that are of no consequence to their survival. and i'll just add that my csa is a great deal compared to the market. plus, i find organics at bargain prices at a store called big lots.
If you think organic food is too expensive, check out the cost of cancer!
No offense, but we all love our children and your tone is such that you consider yourself better, ie elite, because you serve organic to your children and are sacrificing things that other (less loving, inferior) parents don't. Are your children made aware of all of the sacrifices you are making for their well being? Don't forget to remind them!
I trust that 100% of your 100% organic foodstuffs are domestically produced, preferably locally? Just a gentle reminder that 100% of imported.... More
Meat is not meat....do research...
Try to eat plant base protein and organic veggies. The vegan organic is the answer.
I completely agree. It is a tough economic system, but organic eating on a budget is possible. We are starting to discuss at this site - would appreciate helping to spread the gospel. How much are organic beans? not so much Go veg!!! questorganic.com
We are a young family as well, and a little over a year ago we started learning about how food finds it's way to the average American's table. It is sickening, and to say the least it began a passion for us to learn more and spread the word. It is difficult sometimes, but we have learned to balance the budget by growing food in containers during the winter & a small garden in the summer.
He had a garden too until recently when the house he rented with some friends went through foreclosure and he had to find a place in a hurry. It has absolutely no place to even put a pot of herbs. I could have done better buying organic had we chosen to do the bulk of the shopping at a chain store. He wants to avoid all non-local businesses though whenever possible.
How does one make it work on a budget? Gardening for one. You don't have to be elite to eat organic if you are able to grow your own. Don't have the space? Find space to share in exchange for a share of the crop. But what about the rest of the year? Start canning. Back to basics people. It's better for you.
There's really something wrong in a world where we have to give plain old real food a special label. It's one of those things that scratches at the back of my mind often. I can remember as a kid looking at a box of cookies on the kitchen counter and idly looking over the list of ingredients and kind of snapping to with the realization that there was a lot of stuff in that box that my dad never put in cookies he baked. It baffled me. I also remember asking him at one point why it was that the.... More
My adult son eats organic and shops at the new local co-op in his town. I thought to buy him some groceries this week while visiting. I expected a bit of a splurge and not his typical shopping trip--but one week totaled up to more than three weeks of our admittedly non-organic focused grocery budget for the seven of us.
We regularly buy organic for the dirty dozen and canned beans and tomatoes--and various other products at home.
I am sort of torn. I loved the co-op, but the.... More
