Ok, ok, we get it. We're supposed to buy organic everything. We're supposed to buy locally-sourced everything. But that's exhausting and food is supposed to be FUN.
So is there a crib sheet that tells you when you're really supposed to buy organic? Thankfully, there is! More importantly, if you want to buy non-organic fruit or veggies, this list will tell you where you can take some shortcuts if you can't find organic or if your wallet just can't handle the prices.
Environmental Working Group has published a list of produce that tells you what produce you really should buy organic and which ones aren't so pesticide-ridden, even if they aren't organically-grown. You can download the guide here and they even have it in app form if you want to just download it to your smartphone. If you want the app, just type in "dirty dozen" in the App Store.
For those of you who cannot be bothered to click on hyperlinks and want to end the suspense right now, here are the 12 foods that you should buy organic:
Apples
Celery
Cherries
Grapes
Lettuce
Nectarines
Peaches
Strawberries
Spinach
Cucumbers
Blueberries - domestic
Potatoes
Naturally, I was horrified to discover that foods that I buy for my family all of the time (apples, peaches, bell peppers, blueberries) I often buy non-organic. Whoops! Oh well, time to attempt improvement and just move forward.
Excellent!! I was just thinking yesterday, hmm, there must be some sort of hierarchy for which fruits/veggies are MOST important to be organic.... And here you posted the answer a month ago! *gasp* You must be a mind-reader!! Or, perhaps, another attempting-health-consciousness parent. Thanks!!
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