I have slowly been switching over to organic foods, but the price is definitely a consideration for my family...I try to prioritize my organic choices like others suggested. Milk is a big thing for me - my kids drink it a lot and organic is SO expensive, but I have made a compromise for now and am buying a brand that isn't organic, but doesn't use BGH.
I definitely suggest looking for alternative sources for food beyond your local grocery store....I get free-range organice eggs every week from a local farmer (only $1.50 a dozen) and I am part of an organic vegetable co-op. I believe that grocery stores are taking advantage of this growing concern about organic/nonorganic foods and charging ridiculous prices....also I feel that some stores (Whole Foods, for example) have this way of setting the mood to make you feel so "wholesome" about buying their products that 1. you spend way more money than you intended to 2. impulse items keep falling into your cart and 3. you don't even notice the fact that not everything there is organic because the assumption when you shop there is that it is. (do I seem overly-negative about Whole Foods? I actually feel like I've died and gone to heaven when I get to their cheese counter).
My best suggestion is to buy what you can that's organic and don't fret about what you can't. Like others said, there are so many other toxins out there that we just can't control it all.
Tracy
I definitely suggest looking for alternative sources for food beyond your local grocery store....I get free-range organice eggs every week from a local farmer (only $1.50 a dozen) and I am part of an organic vegetable co-op. I believe that grocery stores are taking advantage of this growing concern about organic/nonorganic foods and charging ridiculous prices....also I feel that some stores (Whole Foods, for example) have this way of setting the mood to make you feel so "wholesome" about buying their products that 1. you spend way more money than you intended to 2. impulse items keep falling into your cart and 3. you don't even notice the fact that not everything there is organic because the assumption when you shop there is that it is. (do I seem overly-negative about Whole Foods? I actually feel like I've died and gone to heaven when I get to their cheese counter).
My best suggestion is to buy what you can that's organic and don't fret about what you can't. Like others said, there are so many other toxins out there that we just can't control it all.
Tracy
I get frustrated when people don't even want to consider a different viewpoint. Hmmmm, and I wonder why I have GI problems? 