Top foods to buy organic

By mudlark • February 14th, 2007

Sure, if I could buy everything organic, I’m sure I’d feel better and have improved health. But we can’t all do that, either because of the increased cost of organics, or local availability. My local supermarket carries a few types of organic produce and dairy, but to get a good selection I have to drive 15 miles or so and then subject the kids to sitting in regular shopping carts (the places with good organic selection do not have the race car shopping carts – go figure!). So, to help consumers navigate the waters, the Environmental Working Group publishes a helpful guide to the “Dirty Dozen” (foods highly effected by pesticides) and the “Cleanest 12″ (foods regularly tested as clean). You can find more information here.

The Worst Offenders:

Peaches
Apples
Sweet Bell Peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Pears
Grapes (Imported)
Spinach
Lettuce
Potatoes

The Clean List

Onions
Avocado
Sweet Corn (frozen)
Pineapples
Mango
Asparagus
Sweet Peas (frozen)
Kiwi fruit
Bananas
Cabbage
Broccoli
Papaya

Comments(4) Food & drink, Organics

Comments

By on June 18th, 2007 at 8:10 am

Thank you for this list! I have seen a few but this looks to be one of the best!

By everclense on October 28th, 2008 at 3:26 am

These organic foods are great for your health! Me and my friends love them!

By Jane on January 12th, 2010 at 5:33 pm

oh how times have changed. organic products are now much more affordable and are everywhere so there’s no real reason to not buy organic. and if there was a non food item that should be on the worst offender list it would be non organic cotton. about 25% of all pesticides used in the world are used on non organic cotton farms.