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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do if it's equally convenient to get it.  For meat, I am pretty nsistent on antibiotic free, hormone free stuff, not factory farmed.  
[b]For fruits and vegetables, there's a pretty well accepted list of the "dirty dozen" where organic makes more of a difference because the fruit is thin skinned and absorbs more chemicals.
[/b]For meat, organic is hard because the field on which they graze has to have been organic for a certain number of years--but the important thing is just to look for meat sources that don't feed their animals a lot of chemicals and antibiotics.
We quit organic milk in favor of local milk.[/quote]

Are you under the impression that organic produce is grown without pesticides? Are you aware that common organic pesticides are just as dangerous (in high concentrations) as synthetic pesticides. Did you realize that chrysanthemum, from which pyrethrin is derived, is the same chemical that you get as a prescription lice treatment?

Wash your fruit. [/quote]

I’ll take my chances with organic. Nothing is as dangerous as roundup type products on fruit and vegetables. [/quote]

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