Better wash that peach first, monkey As a young fella who cares about my personal health and that of the planet I reserve quite a bit of righteous indignation for the walloping laid on my wallet when buying organic. What are we doing here, anti-sin taxes?
Worse than my plight of course is that of the poor, who according to scientists are a bajillion times more likely than my peers to get all those nasty things associated with bad diet.
You can't blame the marketers for trying of course. Putting the label "organic" on products eases the guilt of the well-enough-off consumer, so we pay more. But of course not every food is a pesticide drenched apple, so here are some common produce you need NOT pay the extra $1.75 for:
Worse than my plight of course is that of the poor, who according to scientists are a bajillion times more likely than my peers to get all those nasty things associated with bad diet.
You can't blame the marketers for trying of course. Putting the label "organic" on products eases the guilt of the well-enough-off consumer, so we pay more. But of course not every food is a pesticide drenched apple, so here are some common produce you need NOT pay the extra $1.75 for:
- Avacados - thick skin, nothing is getting through
- Eggplant
- Sweet corn
- Onions
- Mushrooms - subject of a future article here
- Asparagus - baking tip: all they need is olive oil and heat
- Tropical tree fruits - mango, kiwi, cantalope