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1. Join a CSA if you’re in the USA, or a box scheme in the UK. Fresh produce from the supermarket is more expensive and not as fresh, even if it's marked organic. 2. Don’t buy convenience food, it’s much more expensive than making things from raw ingredients. Make meals in big batches and freeze in meal-sized portions. 3...
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This is the Top Ten List of Fruit to Always Buy Organic in the USA: 1. Peaches 2. Apples 3. Nectarines 4. Strawberries 5. Cherries 6. Imported Grapes 7. Pears 8. Raspberries 9. USA Grown Grapes 10. Plums Number 1 has the highest level of pesticide residues, descending in order down to Number 10. If you possibly can, try to buy organic everything when you shop for food...
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This is the Top Ten List of Vegetables to Always Buy Organic in the USA: 1. Bell Peppers 2. Celery 3. Kale 4. Lettuce 5. Carrots 6. Collard Greens 7. Spinach 8. Potatoes 9. Green Beans 10. Summer Squash, e.g. zucchini Number 1 has the highest level of pesticide residues, descending in order down to Number 10. If you possibly can, try to buy organic everything when you shop for food...
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Read a feature in Woman's Day magazine about how to eat organic food on a budget, featuring more of Ysanne's top tips. Read it here: Woman's Day
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Curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots return to supermarket shelves tomorrow throughout Europe thanks to the abolition of European Union (EU) rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg. For 20 years EU-wide marketing standards have ensured that only the finest-looking produce reaches the shops...
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A long-term feeding trial commissioned by the Austrian government found mice fed on genetically modified corn had fewer offspring and lower birth rates. Corn grown and eaten in the USA is almost exclusively genetically modified. Genetically modified corn is an ingredient in most regular packaged foods in the USA, including bread, pizza, soda and snacks...
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by Bryant Terry I like Bryant...
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A Treasury Of Recipes For Everyday Celebrations This weighty hardback by San Francisco Chronicle baking columnist Flo Braker provides inspiration for every sweet American baking moment...
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This paperback book by Janet Fletcher features an introduction from legendary Berkley chef, Alice Waters, always a good sign, and is illustrated with beautiful photographs by Victoria Pearson...
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Hi there, Just like to say,great website. I am now a full convert to organic fruit and veg etc. I'm addicted to the stuff. I actually have an organic box delivered each week, sort of boycotting the supermarkets these days, hardly any organic produce there these days, strange. Keep up the great work, David Tait
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I live in north East Fife, in Scotland and was brought up on raw "green top" unpasteurised milk, as it was, as nature intended. When this was banned in Scotland, I turned to ordinary pasteurised milk, but now, all milk, even organic, seems to be homogenised - but I read that in Australia, this type of milk treatment has raised health issues, mostly do with heart health...
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Dear Ysanne: I've recently been hearing more and more that the cost of organic food is too high (particularly in today's poor economy). My response is that if you put 3 pieces of organic fruit beside 3 pieces of non-organic fruit, the organic fruit will deliver much more on taste, flavour and nutrients. Are you hearing any of the same 'push back' on the cost/value relationship of organics? I'd be very interested in hearing more. Best regards, Kris Bovay http://www.organic-food-for-everyone.com
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