According to my dad and grandpa, no one uses pesticides to grow vegetables. Sigh. These 2 men come from Italy where they were really fortunate to eat the freshest fruits and vegetables grown locally and free of chemicals. Unfortunately they don't realize that modern US agriculture and 1950's Italian agriculture aren't the same.
Anyway, one of the arguments was that if you had to choose which items to buy organic, what would they be. Well, the most recent consumer reports magazine has a nice little list of the TOP 16 items that when grown conventionally will have the most pesticides. So if you buy organic, make sure these are:
Fruits:
- Cranberries
- Nectarines
- Peaches
- Strawberries
- Pears
- Apples
- Cherries
- Cantaloupe
- Green beans
- Sweet bell peppers
- Celery
- Cucumbers
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Peas
- Lettuce
3 comments:
I read this great advice that you should buy organic for the things you eat the most of. For me this includes bananas and peanut butter.
Here's the article I was referencing: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/five-easy-ways-to-go-organic/
I love natural peanut butter and it is so much better for you ie better fat and way less sugar. SB has started making us peanut butter from scratch, using red skin peanuts, peanut oil and salt, no honey for us.
See the recipe here:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-peanut-butter-recipe/index.html
Also, keep in mind organic can mean that you are being socially responsible for supporting farms that care about what they are putting into the soil.
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