Question of the Day | 06/17/2008 12:00 am
Are you eating more organic food than you were a year ago?
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Nah, it’s too expensive. And that really eats me up! But we do eat lots of fresh veggies and fruits, we just wash it very well.
Yes—less red meat and antibiotics and more chicken and turkey. Lots fruits, veggies, etc—you know the drill. Whatever keeps me going for as long I damn well want :-)
Joan Liz Candice and Mary
I sometimes wonder if I am making too much of a fuss, but I try to eat as much organic as I can. Liz, you are right, it is expensive. Whew! There are two farmers markets in my town per week, and a trip out towards the beach yields an organic fruit and veggie stand. The organic food is much cheaper there. As opposed to Whole Foods where they have some fresh organic, but most of it is conventionally grown. Pesticides are estrogen based, so I am cautious since I am a breast cancer survivor. If I don’t have organic, I don’t fret because I can find enough of it.
In NY they have bio-diverse farms that will deliver, I know this because my brother-in-law lives and manages one. He loves it. They make their own cheese and lots more. Camphill Village is the name of the place.
A huge component of saving our earth is getting rid of the pesticides. There are many growers that are slowly changing over. The pesticides get into the water table and pollute our water supplies. Most pesticides are some kind of hormone based, so it is definitely not healthy. Bakersfield California has one of the highest cancer rates, and they have been using pesticides and chemical fertilizers for years and years. So wash your veggies well, and try to eat some organic, and take antioxidants.
No Dona
Wasn’t raised in Bakersfield, but have been there, used to do a lot of antique hunting for my business up there. The Asian farmers always sold great stuff. I used to drive up there with my dad to buy seed for alfalfa that he grew for our horses. He was a weekend rancher, but he loved growing alfalfa.
Bakersfield, I finished high school in Bakersfield, married a Bakersfield guy and our daughter was born there.
Frannie,
I totally understand what you, and the other WOW sisters, are saying.
I am amazed every day at humanity’s “progress.” Years ago people raised fresh, homegrown vegetables themselves—cheap. As agriculture developed, we thought we needed to improve upon things so we added a little of this and a little of that, causing more harm in the long run than we could have ever imagined. AND, the price went UP because of all the “doctoring” of the fresh food—the “bettering” of taste and quality. Now, we see the importance of those “undoctored” fresh, homegrown, pesticide-free products, but instead of going back to the way things were, the price has gone UP AGAIN for those same NATURAL products we once produced cheaply. We are a backwards society.
Serena
Isn’t that true? I have always wondered about that. Since they don’t put the preservatives and hormones in the fertilizer, why does it cost more? Conventional farming is down to such a science that they produce large yields that are necessary to feed a vast and growing world population. They can do it right, if they want to, it will just take time.
Eat as healthy as I can afford. Seems sad that it cost more to eat healthy at the same time that it costs more to be sick. What is wrong with this picture?
Maggi, that is the big picture. Seems strange that costs keep going up and items are more unhealthy than ever. The prices are bound to keep going up with the gas prices adding to costs. Until organic prices are not so high, I will not be purchasing them. Besides, what is really healthy?
Peggy Sue - You just have to make sure that your ‘organic’ food was not grown anywhere near Three Mile Island. lol - Watched a DVD tonight called “Super Size It”. If you ever get a chance - watch it. Scares you how brainwashed our nation is becoming about food.
Yes, but only because they have become more available to me at reasonable prices. We have a market that is actually $2 cheaper on the Organic cereal mom and I eat than the big name stores. If we buy when on sale we can usually stay within our means. You have to realize that due to my renal diet (limited protein) and my mother’s tiny little appetite, one boneless pork chop feeds the two of us, and same with a chicken breast. We can’t buy a small enough steak for just one meal so we go out to eat for that and then are eating it forever. BTW we have a great casino restaurant 7 mins from our house and they allow us to split entrees. Since there is such a large retired population where we live there are many restaurants that allow that…some at no charge, but at the most $2 for the extra plating. I think we are really fortunate.
Morning ladies..My city-dwelling daughter-in-law calls Whole Foods “whole paycheck”..Frannie, is the bio d. operation a subscription arrangement? We have a growing number of those here. It really helps the farmers in that they have their costs covered upfront…Gas prices affect them, too, but at least the baskets don’t have 1000 miles to travel..
I guess Alice Waters was the one who brought “locavore” to a wide audience..now it makes sense economically as well as gastronomically. I started a sprout business, not only because lettuce and other greens were expensive and maybe not even safe, but also because of the nutritient-dense value. It’s easy to Google and get going on your way to year-round homegrown clean greens. Over ten years ago, the FDA made it almost impossible for small growers to stay in business and many went o.o.b…(If you were to abide by what the FDA demanded, the EPA would nail you for poisoning the creek with disinfectant runoff..who wants to eat bleached greens?) So grow your own. (“PROsuming you can do in a condo.)
georgia
Yes, you are correct. The bio diversity farming is a subscription. Camphill Village is a community for the developmentally disabled. They participate in all of the operations that help support the farm. It is a beautiful place. Hopefully this link will work: http://www.camphillvillage.org/static_contents/meanwork_set/meaningful_w…
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