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Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread, organic makes you feel good. It's poorly regulated. Organic birds can still get antibiotics if deemed necessary by the farmer.

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/organic-chicken-is-different-than-antibiotic-free-and-natural-means-nothing/

Bill Gates is releasing synthetic butter made in a lab from carbon. It's touted as "organic" since it comes from undisclosed carbon sources.

We can believe it's not butter.

We eat as much organic as we can.

With produce, our aim is to remove as much as pesticide as we can from the product before consuming. We use potassium permanganate to remove chemicals from the fruits and veggis. We use grains from a different country than USA.

Diet is mainly plant based whole foods. We minimize processed foods. We minimize plastic wrapped foods.
We prefer to eat local and in-season foods. We consume less food than other people around us, in line with our lifestyle (we are not doing hard labor) and we have low BMI and we are skinny.

We have an extensive outdoor garden plus greenhouse set up, add we grow everything we eat. We never use pesticides but do companion planting which works very well. Some of our outdoor beds have fencing, some are open. So all the produce we eat is organic. We can/preserve a lot of our produce too. Truly the healthiest way to live.

We do all of our shopping at MOMs and Trader Joes. We buy mostly organic but the priorities, if forced to choose for budget reasons are on organic dairy.

For eggs and meat we prefer products with the Certified Humane label. Maybe it sounds hypocritical because we kill and eat the animals, but we care about the treatment of the animals during their lifetimes more than we prioritize organic. I like to buy from White Oak Pastures whenever I get the chance. I grew up in Georgia and worked in the environmental world there for a few years. I’m familiar with their husbandry practices and really respect them; the family has always been really upstanding.

When feeding guests we serve them the same things we make for ourselves. We tend to serve more economical vegetarian meals, or buy ingredients in bulk from Costco which saves on hosting costs.

I have no illusion that organic is perfect, but there are definitely some benefits over conventional farming. For example, using biosludge (ie treated sewage) for fertilizer is prohibited under USDA organic standards. Biosludge concentrates toxic materials like PFAS, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals and dumps them in the soil which wind up in the plants and food you eat.

Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread, organic makes you feel good. It's poorly regulated. Organic birds can still get antibiotics if deemed necessary by the farmer.

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/organic-chicken-is-different-than-antibiotic-free-and-natural-means-nothing/

Bill Gates is releasing synthetic butter made in a lab from carbon. It's touted as "organic" since it comes from undisclosed carbon sources.

We can believe it's not butter.

As I posted in the other thread, organic makes you feel good. It's poorly regulated. Organic birds can still get antibiotics if deemed necessary by the farmer.

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/organic-chicken-is-different-than-antibiotic-free-and-natural-means-nothing/

We eat organic when we can. My child has multiple food restrictions, so those take priority.

Anonymous wrote:Always. I eat organic produce that we grow, organic eggs and chicken meat that we grow, and I make organic bone broth from the chicken carcasses. We only eat organic dairy (butter/milk/cheese, of which I almost make all at home) and organic grains and rice. We only eat organic grass fed beef or pork once a while.

You have a milk cow(s) and grow your own corn and grains? Neat! Impressive.

Always. I eat organic produce that we grow, organic eggs and chicken meat that we grow, and I make organic bone broth from the chicken carcasses. We only eat organic dairy (butter/milk/cheese, of which I almost make all at home) and organic grains and rice. We only eat organic grass fed beef or pork once a while.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Most of the time you don't know.

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Do you eat organic foods?: produce, poultry, meats, beverages, nuts, chocolate, pet foods etc..? Do you use organic ingredients if you cook/bake? Which ones? If you host/cook for a larger group (let's say 8 or more people), do you typically serve organic products? What does eating organic mean to you and how important is it for you?