This past week's classes were eye-opening. Not sure how much I wanted my eyes opened but nonetheless its hard to think about food the same way after reading the first section of Michael Pollan's book Omnivore's Dilemma and then learning about processed foods and dumpster diving. Lot to think about! After class on Tuesday 2/10 I freaked out about processed foods, went to Safeway, bought organic cereal and an organic frozen meal for work the next day, the cost for the two items, $10! Yikes, it's going to be expensive buying organic. I went to Trader Joes the next day and found the selection much more affordable.
I've heard that there are certain food items that should be purchased organic but then others that it doesn't matter if you buy organic or not. I'm not sure how much truth there is in that so I did some research and found this list by Delicious Organics. This list is helpful but I wouldn't trust it completely considering whoever put it together did a poor editing job. So my research continued and I found a more credible source. Consumer reports ran an article in February 2006 titled When it Pays to Buy Organic. The article gives tips and tricks to the everyday consumer on which items should absolutely be purchased organic and which non-organic items are safe. It also gives some recommendations on buying organic inexpensively.
More to come on this blog entry, still need to discuss dumpster diving!
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