Author Topic: Organic - yes or no? (Read 2295 times)

goldencup · « **on:** March 10, 2006, 07:01:14 pm »

What does everyone think about organic products - fruit, vegetables, milk, meat etc etc. Is it worth paying the extra or just a con?

Personally I think organic fruit and veg definitely taste better and organic peanut butter is far superior to the ordinary kind (no sugar in it either).

loulou · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2006, 07:20:50 pm »

I don't buy organic but if you are recommending it then I will.

oldspice · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2006, 07:22:41 pm »

I think organic products are healthier and more environmenally friendly and are definitely worth the extra if you can manage it.

loulou · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2006, 07:30:38 pm »

Well that's good enough reasons for me.

minty · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2006, 08:18:11 pm »

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« **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2006, 08:29:27 pm »

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107& ;sid=6174425&cKey=1129710879000

I just had to be contrary didn't I?

"A recent Dutch study evaluated 15 different vegetables, including broccoli, cucumbers, and tomatoes, and found that there was no difference in the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants found in organic produce.

So, while eating organics may be better for the earth, it's not going to make your life more vitamin-ful."

http://www.slashfood.com/category/organic/

goldencup · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2006, 09:39:26 pm »

Hmm, interesting stuff. A place down the road from me does those fruit and veg boxes Minty - I will investigate prices etc.

I don't think organic produce ever claims to be better for you in terms of vitamins etc, it's just produced in a more environmentally friendly way and not sprayed with nasty chemicals.

smurfboy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2006, 02:56:37 am »

In the fifties and sixties people complained about organic food - except of course it wasn't called that then! It was food that went off quickly then, and the deep freeze and longer life foods were welcomed with open arms. Now everyone reckons we should pay extra for organic... it's the same as people spending a fortune on 'antique' furniture - the sort of stuff our grandparents chucked out because it was 'old'. It's all down to perception.

« **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2006, 07:54:42 am »

I try to get my veg from a bloke down the road who grows it in his allotment. OK, so you get a few more wiggly things than from the supermarket, but hey, we just wash them off.

Fruit is a different matter. I have had organic strawberries, pears and apples in this country but I have as yet nof found anybody who is growing organic bananas, oranges or lemons. I don't eat limes, so that's a bit of a red herring.

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chocadmin · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2006, 08:01:39 am »

The Wife and I have been looking into signing up for a box scheme like Minty mentioned. I do worry that supermarkets charge more for their organic produce when in fact there may be little difference (how much regulation is there on the labelling supermarkets can use?).
How about organic chocolate?, personally I'm not a fan of G+B's I think they try and pass themselves off as 'high class' chocolate but you only have to try a bar of Valrhona or Cluizel to realise how far this is from the truth (mind you I'm not going to pay 3quid a bar on a regular basis

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oldspice · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2006, 08:09:26 am »

Re organic oranges, lemons etc - you can buy unwaxed lemons and limes which are much healthier and allow you to TASTE the pith if you grate it into recipes. Bananans don't need much in the way of pesticides but I always buy Fairtrade.

Smurfy - you mentioned people complaining about food that went off (1950s/1960s) but at that time many people had allotments, greenhouses and spaces in the garden to grow their own fruit and veg. We couldn't have survived if we hadn't grown a lot of our own food.

lorri · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2006, 09:40:46 am »

i buy organic wherever i can and i do think you can taste the difference and i agree with minty that tescos prices are not much different to non organic especially if you buy the offers ( which they have a lot of ) and hopefully the more we all buy the cheaper it will become

goldencup · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2006, 09:57:14 am »

I don't think that's what Minty said was it?

« **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2006, 12:51:25 pm »

I know of a dairy who don't purge their milk lines between processing non and then organic milk. Getting what you paid for with these companies?

lorri · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2006, 01:07:58 pm »

Quote from: goldencup

I don't think that's what Minty said was it?

whoops sorry mis read it !!! lol but i have to say my experince with tescos is that the offers on organic fruit and veg means prices are not that different as long as your happy to be guided by offer prices than a set shopping list and as i never have a clue what i want when i walk in the shop im happy

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