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[quote=Anonymous]People have said it: very little meat, cheese, and dairy. We are on a strict budget. We do a CSA for our vegetables, and I freeze what we don't use right away for the non-CSA months. Summer = veggie heavy diet, Winter = grain/bean heavy diet. I shop at MOMs for bulk grains and beans, and the prices are much better than the grocery store. Beans are $1.29/lb or so, where as a bag of non-organic beans at the grocery are more, usually, depending on the type. If it comes in a package, I don't buy it.

I fall of the wagon, of course - my kid loves all sorts of packaged crap, and because it is already crap, I don't buy organic crap. He gets as much organic milk as he likes, but aside from that his "indulgences" are conventional.

On the blueberries...yes, very expensive and my son LOVES them. Try frozen. They are much less expensive, and my son loves them straight from the freezer, little frozen yummy treats.

And I totally, totally agree that it is much healthier to eat conventional fruits and veggies rather than cut back on fruit and veg so you can only eat them organically. Never do that. But if you avoid packaged things and meat, you might find you can afford organic milk for the kids and a pound or two of grass fed meat per week.[/quote]

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