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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 174349" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>We did the organic thing for a while. My son says that eating fewer prepared foods and more from-scratch food made him feel better whether or not the food was organic. </p><p></p><p>Is it nice, though, that a number of local farmers are doing as much no-spray growing as they can. Not organic and the land certainly hasn't been certified organic, but still less pesticides and chemicals than are used on the factory farms. </p><p></p><p>I had a conversation with a potato grower at a farmers market in California once. Some of his potatoes were organic, others weren't. He told me that the farmer must pay to have land certified for organic farming. He paid to have his land certified. However, he rented land next to the land he owned. Though he farmed both properties exactly the same and had for years, because the rented land wasn't certified, he couldn't call the potatoes he grew on that land "organic". Neither he nor the owner of the land was willing to pay for the certification for the rented land. The owner had no interest in doing so and the farmer wasn't going to pay to have land he didn't own certified. What if the owner decided to rent the land to someone else the next year? </p><p></p><p>Anyway, my point is that there is something close to organic out there and it is probably considerably cheaper. Try a farmers market or roadside stands and talk to the farmers.</p><p></p><p>Another thought....when buying things like pasta, select European made products. They use fewer pesticides and chemicals than the US does. There are some pretty reasonably priced Italian imports there, if any pasta is reasonably priced these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 174349, member: 1498"] We did the organic thing for a while. My son says that eating fewer prepared foods and more from-scratch food made him feel better whether or not the food was organic. Is it nice, though, that a number of local farmers are doing as much no-spray growing as they can. Not organic and the land certainly hasn't been certified organic, but still less pesticides and chemicals than are used on the factory farms. I had a conversation with a potato grower at a farmers market in California once. Some of his potatoes were organic, others weren't. He told me that the farmer must pay to have land certified for organic farming. He paid to have his land certified. However, he rented land next to the land he owned. Though he farmed both properties exactly the same and had for years, because the rented land wasn't certified, he couldn't call the potatoes he grew on that land "organic". Neither he nor the owner of the land was willing to pay for the certification for the rented land. The owner had no interest in doing so and the farmer wasn't going to pay to have land he didn't own certified. What if the owner decided to rent the land to someone else the next year? Anyway, my point is that there is something close to organic out there and it is probably considerably cheaper. Try a farmers market or roadside stands and talk to the farmers. Another thought....when buying things like pasta, select European made products. They use fewer pesticides and chemicals than the US does. There are some pretty reasonably priced Italian imports there, if any pasta is reasonably priced these days. [/QUOTE]
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