Organic Food Matter?

[Anonymous]

I always ate conventional food and never cared about organic or grass fed stuff. I switched to organic milk and pasture raised eggs when I was pregnant. I’m breastfeeding and my husband thinks eating all organic is the best choice for our family. He think it will make the breast milk more nutritional. We started buying most organic and grass fed beef and pantry/snack items in bulk at Costco. I used to spend $75-100/week for the two of us for dairy, veggies/fruits, and greens for the week. I went shopping and bought all organic and I spent $150. Our grocery bill has increased by $200 for our weekly grocery shopping, and $200-300 for Costco ( we go every 3 months). Is organic and grass fed really worth it?

[Anonymous]

For some things. Grass fed yes. And generally just less beef is better for you and the world Grass fed milk tastes better to me. Anything with a peel doesn't have to be organic anyway. Things from the ground maybe should be but who knows what that means.
Also recognize that there is no standard for organic label. It just means that farm is not using any of the 6 or so petrochemical fertilizers and insecticides . They can use all sorts of other things, other fertilizers, more manure etc etc. sometimes it means they end up using more other things which ain't always good for the plant.
Don't eat things with palm oil since they cut down rainforests for it. Costco isn't always cheaper either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some things. Grass fed yes. And generally just less beef is better for you and the world Grass fed milk tastes better to me. Anything with a peel doesn't have to be organic anyway. Things from the ground maybe should be but who knows what that means.
Also recognize that there is no standard for organic label. It just means that farm is not using any of the 6 or so petrochemical fertilizers and insecticides . They can use all sorts of other things, other fertilizers, more manure etc etc. sometimes it means they end up using more other things which ain't always good for the plant.
Don't eat things with palm oil since they cut down rainforests for it. Costco isn't always cheaper either.

OP here. I used to be overweight and eat unhealthy. I cut out most red meat ( I never really ate pork or steak) and we eat red meat once a week. We usually stick to chicken and salmon. The only oils we eat are olive oil, avocado oil, and sunflower oil. We shop at Whole Foods and I have been buying their cheese ( now or Organic) and Organic Valley if it’s on sale. We do buy grass fed butter like KerryGold and we love Vital Farms and Blue Sky eggs. I’ve been buying all hard or peeled produce conventional and sticking to organic for other produce, diary, and greens. We did buy organic meats from Costco but some of the stuff like LaraBars are not organic.

[Anonymous]

I am doing it. It is expensive. I spent $9 on four grapefruit this week, $30 on chicken breast and my grocery bill is 2-4x what it used to be. There’s no way to really know if it’s worth it. The ones who don’t want to spend that much will say it is not, the ones that can afford it easily will say of course it is worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am doing it. It is expensive. I spent $9 on four grapefruit this week, $30 on chicken breast and my grocery bill is 2-4x what it used to be. There’s no way to really know if it’s worth it. The ones who don’t want to spend that much will say it is not, the ones that can afford it easily will say of course it is worth it.

I think this is true. I can afford it, so I do it. I think that it’s most important to eat a wide variety of plants so if you’re sacrificing not eating something because you can’t find or afford the organic version then that’s counterproductive. I also do it to vote with my dollars... as demand increases for organic/ grass-fed, more farmers will be incentivized to go in that direction.