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[QueenDanceALot]

Some vegetables and fruits are sprayed heavily with neurotoxins.

It's not Fake News.

[Cakers3]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

Certain fruits and vegetables I just won't buy unless they're organic.

Celery is on that list as it's one of the Dirty Dozen again this year.  Strawberries is another, which I love.

If the price is too high on those I just don't buy.  I DO have a limit as to how much I will pay.

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@QueenDanceALot  I'm with you about certain fruits/veggies that are not organic.

We also look for specials on frozen fruits and I always have frozen veggies on hand.

[software]

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@Marp wrote:

I can't decide which is worse, the fact that my grocery store is charging $2.98 for a bunch of regular (non-organic) celery or the fact that I paid that much for it.

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I can overlook high prices sometimes, if the product is good.

But I've paid a high price for celery that's bitter.

Now that's annoying.

[sidsmom]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

Some vegetables and fruits are sprayed heavily with neurotoxins.

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Naw.

I would be more worried about the feed animals eat.

I eat the grass they eat.  I process it quickly, but

with animals, it settles in their tissues & muscles for months/years.

Even the grass-fed-this-free-range-that-unicorn animals 

eat crappy food...which lies-in-wait for someone to consume.

[QueenDanceALot]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

Certain fruits and vegetables I just won't buy unless they're organic.

Celery is on that list as it's one of the Dirty Dozen again this year.  Strawberries is another, which I love.

If the price is too high on those I just don't buy.  I DO have a limit as to how much I will pay.

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@QueenDanceALot  I'm with you about certain fruits/veggies that are not organic.

We also look for specials on frozen fruits and I always have frozen veggies on hand.

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Me, too!  My freezer is stuffed with both right now.

[chickenbutt]

I feel kind of out of touch because I don't know how much it should be.   It doesn't sound like a lot to me, but what do I know.  hehe - I would just pick one that looks good and not much notice.  I hope it's good!   I like celery, too, but I mostly buy it just when I'm making something with celery (such as in mirepoix) in the recipe.

Nice, cold celery!  yum  

[QueenDanceALot]

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@sidsmom wrote:

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

Some vegetables and fruits are sprayed heavily with neurotoxins.

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Naw.

I would be more worried about the feed animals eat.

I eat the grass they eat.  I process it quickly, but

with animals, it settles in their tissues & muscles.

Even the grass-fed-this-free-range-that-unicorn animals 

eat crappy food...which lies-in-wait for someone to consume.

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Naw?

Yaw, actually.

Is there a reason we can't be concerned about both?

[Cakers3]

Anyone who thinks our food industry is NOT CONTROLLED by powerful conglomerates better think again.

Just sayin'.

[SahmIam]

I have a family of 6 to feed; my teen boys go through food and leave NOTHING left but the bones/stems. My 11 year old is in a growing spurt so his appetite is huge. They're all lean and fit, so, I can't complain. I refuse to buy sugary foods so if they want something like that, it means we have to make it ourselves; amazing how fast they say "na, that's ok mom. I'll just have fruit".

Price wise...we're talking a few hundred each time I hit the store (which is almost once a week). I do my best to buy only what is in season and include the farmers market when I can but even their selection and prices are not great. Produce everywhere is pretty bad, come to think of it.

[goldensrbest]

Go to a farmers market,it is that time of year.