Comments on: 6 ways to go organic! http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/ethical-consumerism/6-ways-to-go-organic/ natural health, wellness and caring for the environment Tue, 22 May 2012 18:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hourly 1 By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/ethical-consumerism/6-ways-to-go-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Mrs Green Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:47:56 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=993#comment-418 @<a href="#comment-413" rel="nofollow">Hannah</a>: Hi Hannah, thank you for taking time to visit and leave a comment. I agree with you - much of the organic products TASTE so much better! I find that especially true of carrots - do you have a favourite tasting organic food? I'm going to pop over to your site now and see what you have been up to :) @<a href="#comment-414" rel="nofollow">Darren (Green Change)</a>: Hello Darren, That is a great 'rule' you have come up with. I think I might have seen a 'dirty dozen' list or similar of the most sprayed crops to try and buy organically. Have you seen this? We are very lucky where we live, with local farms and orchards to buy produce. How about you - what's it like in your area? @Hannah: Hi Hannah,
thank you for taking time to visit and leave a comment. I agree with you - much of the organic products TASTE so much better! I find that especially true of carrots - do you have a favourite tasting organic food?

I’m going to pop over to your site now and see what you have been up to :)

@Darren (Green Change): Hello Darren, That is a great ‘rule’ you have come up with. I think I might have seen a ‘dirty dozen’ list or similar of the most sprayed crops to try and buy organically. Have you seen this?

We are very lucky where we live, with local farms and orchards to buy produce. How about you - what’s it like in your area?

]]> By: Darren (Green Change) http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/ethical-consumerism/6-ways-to-go-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Darren (Green Change) Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:46:41 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=993#comment-414 We can't always afford to buy organic all the time, and sometimes organic options are simply not available at any price. A simple rule when trying to decide what to buy organic is to not worry so much about the fruits and vegetables where we remove the skin (oranges, mandarins, corn, etc), since many of the sprayed-on chemicals will be removed with the skin. For things where you eat the whole fruit/vegetable (apples, pears, grapes, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, etc) try to get organic, since you don't have that "buffer" between you and the chemicals. It's not a perfect rule, but it helps - especially when budgeting. Also, go for locally-grown produce over "supermarket organic". Industrial organic farms still use a lot of water, fuel, etc and transport the food long distances. In most cases very large organic farms have just replaced artificial chemicals with organically-certified ones without changing their farming practices. We can’t always afford to buy organic all the time, and sometimes organic options are simply not available at any price. A simple rule when trying to decide what to buy organic is to not worry so much about the fruits and vegetables where we remove the skin (oranges, mandarins, corn, etc), since many of the sprayed-on chemicals will be removed with the skin.

For things where you eat the whole fruit/vegetable (apples, pears, grapes, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, etc) try to get organic, since you don’t have that “buffer” between you and the chemicals.

It’s not a perfect rule, but it helps - especially when budgeting.

Also, go for locally-grown produce over “supermarket organic”. Industrial organic farms still use a lot of water, fuel, etc and transport the food long distances. In most cases very large organic farms have just replaced artificial chemicals with organically-certified ones without changing their farming practices.

]]> By: Hannah http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/ethical-consumerism/6-ways-to-go-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Hannah Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:31:01 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=993#comment-413 Aside from the health and environmental benefits, organic produce tastes so much better. It's worth any additional cost for the extra flavour. Your post makes it easy for me to see where I can change my purchasing habits. Thank you! H :) Aside from the health and environmental benefits, organic produce tastes so much better. It’s worth any additional cost for the extra flavour.

Your post makes it easy for me to see where I can change my purchasing habits. Thank you!

H :)

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