How to eat organic in a budget crunch

As recession looms, how do you trim your family's budget while still maintaining your organic diet?

Honestly, if your income allows, do not cut your organic diet. However, the price of most organic food is still well above their non-organic counterparts. If you must, trim down what foods you and your family are consuming.

The most essential items to buy organic are:

1. Meats
2. Milk
3. Coffee

As well as fruits and vegetables which are thin-skinned and hard to peel, such as strawberries, celery, lettuce and potatoes.

Other fruits and veggies are known as "clean." These items that do not carry detectable pesticide residues include onions, avocados, corn, asparagus, sweet peas, bananas, cabbage and broccoli.

**For those who are pregnant or nursing, it is important to continue your consumption of organic produce which will limit the pesticides transferred to your child that can cause detrimental effects during development.


For more information, The Environmental Working Group constantly researches food safety and their findings are available online at http://www.ewg.org/