ORGANIC VEGGIES AND FRUITS__IS IT WORTH IT?

The one I was just looking at is $585 pre-paid for 30 weekly pickups and $375 for 15 (every other week). So, basically, 20-25/week.

The multiple for "organically grown" fruits and veggies is about 1.30% to over 2X . Several supermarkets have gone to exclusively organic (with markeup). Weve tested several fruits and have yet to be able to discern a flavor difference.
Also, in fruits like grapes or strawberries, we wash them with a mild detergent and run them under water to remove any residues.

DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL A LITTLE LIKE WERE BEING FLEECED?

We buy local where we can. Now weve got local spring onions and a few cole veggies ( I have to watch my cole intake because of their super high vitamin K)

Consumers who choose organic food are often willing to pay a premium, but it turns out added nutritional benefits may not be included in the hefty price tag.

A new analysis has found organic food has the same nutritional quality as crops grown under conventional methods.

“There's no evidence that organically-produced food is nutritionally superior to conventionally-produced food,” said Alan Dangour, public-health nutritionist and senior lecturer in public-health nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

“You can buy organic for other things, but there's no evidence you should be buying it because there's enhanced nutrient content of organic food.”

The analysis " funded by the Food Standards Agency of Britain and considered the largest of its kind " has sparked new controversy in the long-brewing debate over the perceived benefits of organic versus conventionally-grown food.

In the new study, which will be published in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers conducted a comprehensive review of 55 scientific studies, known as a meta-analysis, to better understand the nutritional differences between organic and conventional food.

They concluded that levels of major nutrients, including vitamin C, magnesium, calcium, zinc and potassium, were similar in organic and non-organic crops.

But there were some differences that researchers noted. Organic crops tended to have higher phosphorous and acidity levels, while conventional crops were found to have higher amounts of nitrogen, differences researchers said could likely be attributed to variations in fertilizer use and ripeness at time of harvest.

The real world isn't black and white at all. Between pure organics and the reckless use of chemicals, there is a huge gray area, and this is where most farming is done.

Ignoring this means that not only are you being misinformed, but you're also taking your eye off the real mission of supporting small farmers who grow wonderful food.

Whether something is grown organically might be one of the factors you use when you're considering what to buy, but it is by no means the only one: For me, seasonality, locality and -- above all, flavor -- trump it.

And it certainly is not a surefire solution to all of life's (or even agriculture's) ills. You can be a bad farmer growing organically, and you can be a good farmer and still use chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.

In large part, this is a credit to the organic farming movement, as many of the ideas and techniques it pioneered have now worked their way into the mainstream, reducing the use of chemicals even among farmers who aren't completely organic.

The multiple for "organically grown" fruits and veggies is about 1.30% to over 2X . Several supermarkets have gone to exclusively organic (with markeup). Weve tested several fruits and have yet to be able to discern a flavor difference.

Know anything I can do with Hops?