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Is it worth it to shop at local Organic Food?

Organic foods and naturally grown / fed contracts and shops are often very expensive. Sometimes up to 4-5x the FDA has approved the "food" and I wonder if it's worth going to market biological products for the grocery store. I buy in big stores like Safeway, but after reading the ingredient labels so numerous and noting that almost is not worth the time to look to find a good few products (over the entire store), I need and some other options such as 100, is not expensive, fragile and bad taste for organic Lolipop $ 15 (5 times the price). I I'm not vegetarian or vegan unless recommended ideas, affordable and high quality instead of buying organic and natural products?

Organic products still cost a little more organic, not because it is cheaper for all chemicals applied to food to repel pests and the use of chemical fertilizers which do not use them. Try buying prices around their stores. Note also that some vegetables / fruits that are best to buy organic than others. For example, fruits and vegetables hard / skins are generally not difficult as big of a deal to obtain non-organic, such as bananas, avocados, pumpkins, etc. However, some fruits and vegetables have a lot of pesticides in apples, celery, etc, and should you buy organic. These sites can help you: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/Dirty-Dozen-Foods http://www.webmd.com/health-ehome-9/slideshow-organic the food I also recommend buying at farmers markets. Most of the prices of these vegetables / fruits are organic, very fresh, and better than what we can get to the grocery store. Another option is to join a local CSA, but can be quite expensive on the front (which must pay for all your vegetables in advance) and do not always get what you want. However, it can be a great way to produce biological and try the vegetables that you never could be eaten before. Hope that helps!

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