Hey there, Tick. Great post! I gave it an S&F, but I also thought I’d add some more info…
It isn’t necessary to buy ALL your produce organic. For example, bananas and avocados are fine since you don’t eat the outside. Follow the
link for more info. but the following have consistantly shown low levels of
pesticides.
• Asparagus
• Avocados
• Bananas
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Corn (sweet)
• Kiwi
• Mangos
• Onions
• Papaya
• Pineapples
• Peas (sweet)
ALSO, just because it says ORGANIC, doesn’t exactly mean that your getting or “organic.”
Here is a list of the 38 farm products that could, under a USDA proposal, be used in foods that bear the USDA certified “organic” label, even
though these ingredients are not produced organically. For more on this story, click
here.
• Natural sausage casings (processed intestines)
• Celery powder
• Chia
Colors derived from these 19 extracts, juices and spices: Annatto extract, beet juice, beta-carotene derived from carrots, black currant juice,
black/Purple carrot juice, blueberry juice, carrot juice, cherry juice, chokecherry-aronia juice, elderberry juice, grape juice, grape skin extract,
paprika, pumpkin juice, purple potato juice, red cabbage extract, red radish extract, saffron extract and turmeric extract.
• Dillweed oil
• Fish oil
• Fructooligosaccharides
• Frozen Galangal
• Gelatin
• Hops
• Inulin enriched with oligofructose
• Konjac flour
• Frozen lemongrass
• Unbleached orange shellac
• Chipotle Chili Peppers
• Rice Starch
• Sweet Potato Starch
• Turkish bay leaves
• Wakame seaweed
• Whey protein concentrate
[edit on 24-6-2009 by apaulo]
