Five Easy Ways to go Organic
The NY Times has a blog post today listing five everyday grocery items you should be buying organic. I found the list really surprising! I won’t be buying organic milk (amazingly it’s really hard to find organic lactose free milk and I’m lactose intolerant), but I will definitely look into the organic PB and ketchup. That’s pretty easy stuff. 
Pumpkinhead is a bit of a ketchup addict. He loves veggies, but only because he dips them all in ketchup! 
We’re kind of Atkinized at my house so we rarely eat potatoes. I did do organic baby food when Pumpkinhead was little, but only because it was easy to find and seemed like such a simple thing to do. I think if I’d lived somewhere other than DC, I probably would have gone with Gerber rather than driving a bazillion miles to the local organic food store (I’m nowhere near one right now, at least not that I’ve found). I’ll have to think about the apples, but it is definitely worrisome to hear that the pesticides can cause attention problems in children. Pumpkinhead is quite the apple eater!
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
You can find organic stuff at Whole Foods pretty often. I’m not sure where you are in the Metro region, but there are some around in most places.
Did not know you were in DC! That’s pretty cool. Are you a part of DC Bloggers?
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I was in DC for many years but have lived on the other side of the country for about two years now. Apparently there is a Whole Foods about a 45-minute drive from my house, but that’s just not convenient. Man, do I miss Trader Joes and the local farmers market that came to my neighborhood every week!
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I live in SW Ohio and we have a huge farmers market so we buy organic as often as possible. The ketchup isn’t bad at all, but the PB is really oily so my kids won’t eat it.
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
We have a really good farmer’s market here too, but we also have two health food stores, one that’s local, and the other is Wild Oats, which is a national chain. Even so, it’s usually just easier to pick up the pesticide-filled foods at the local grocery store. Cheaper too!
October 24th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Bonus points for me! I almost never buy organic, but I have bought organic ketchup for the last year or so…not because of the antioxidants, but because it’s the only ketchup I can find that doesn’t have high fructose corn syrup in it. Whoo-hoo!
And I wholeheartedly agree with your sadness in losing trader joes. There is not one near me either. I have a TJ canvas bag that I carry around to keep the memory alive.