July 28, 2015
When is Buying Organic a MUST?
It’s pretty scary what is being sprayed on our food supply. 60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides and 30% of insecticides known to be carcinogenic (cancer–causing). Studies are now finding pesticides in the urine of our children, but much less in children who consume organic produce.
It is important to buy organic food because it is:
- a safer option for you and your family
- grown without chemicals or genetic engineering (GMO)
- more sustainable farming process
- better for the environment
- safer for farm workers
- more nutritious
- the way nature intended
- much better tasting
- Apples
- Celery
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Grapes
- Hot peppers
- Nectarines (imported)
- Peaches
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Sweet bell peppers
- Dirty Dozen Plus: Kale/collard greens and Summer squash
- Asparagus
- Avocados
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Sweet corn (make sure it says non-GMO)
- Eggplant
- Grapefruit
- Kiwi
- Mangoes
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Papayas (make sure it says non-GMO)
- Pineapples
- Sweet peas (frozen)
- Sweet potatoes