Comments on: Why Choose Organic? http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/ The Official Whole Foods Market Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:54:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Louise Ross http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-12263 Louise Ross Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:58:01 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-12263 In my blog on budget shopping at Wholefoods, I posted a very helpful list of produce best bought organically and non-organic produce which is safe to consume. I've been adhering to this list when grocery shopping at WFs for some time now and have noticed a decrease in my expenditure on fresh produce; that's because the price tag on safe-to-eat non-organic items like avocados and asparagus is significantly less than the organic price tag! In my blog on budget shopping at Wholefoods, I posted a very helpful list of produce best bought organically and non-organic produce which is safe to consume. I’ve been adhering to this list when grocery shopping at WFs for some time now and have noticed a decrease in my expenditure on fresh produce; that’s because the price tag on safe-to-eat non-organic items like avocados and asparagus is significantly less than the organic price tag!

]]> By: G Burch, MD http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 G Burch, MD Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:01:45 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-1008 When one looks at the increase in so many diseases since the start of all the preservatives to our food chain, we see that the foods of 50 years ago are no longer being sold. Read the ingredient labels. If it is not organic, there will be additives for shelf life, prevention of spoilage, rancidity, etc. The additives basically help the seller of the goods, at the cost to our bodies for all those artificial chemicals being put into our bodies. We, as a nation, are continually being bombarded with incorrect information, all designed to get us to buy more, buy super-size, and buy what we often dont need. Wall Street wants us to buy, buy, buy. We now have diseases that advertising makes us think we have. Advertising tries to sell us products based on fear. We buy way too many over the counter products that we really dont need. Develop a product, then tell the public that the product must be bought in order to live a more productive life, etc. Go green by living simply. When you see a gadget to buy, think first. Do I need this product to live? How many gadgets does the average kitchen really need? Make going green a game. Except for human waste, almost everything else is recycleable. Plastic bags, paper bags, hangers, books, clothing, shoes, old appliances, all can be recycled. Then go to the store and look for labels showing the products were made using recycleable products, once again making going green go to ZERO waste. Newspapers can be recycled, buy cloth diapers, when remodeling, take things down carefully and recycle them at a junk yard, used cabinets, sinks, etc. Someone can use what you throw away. Someone here on this planet needs what you are throwing away, except for things that cant be repaired or things that must go into human waste. Water from down spouts can be saved for gardens in the area. Turn on fans when it is hot, even with the A.C. ON. Fans move air and make the area cooler just by moving air. When someone says you need product X or service X, always question why they are saying this to you. Once I was told I needed $800 worth of service on my car, then I went to other shops, one said I needed a whole new engine, $3,500. Whoa, when spending like that, ask if you really need the product/service, or what is the motivation behind a salesperson wanting you to buy it. When we know 65% of people cheat on their income tax, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that everyone has less than honest motives for selling to you. Ask around, talk with friends, ask others in the profession for their advice. Dont just accept what you are being told as the Gospel truth. Second opinions are not always that "one is ugly too." We have only one time to be on this earth, treat our bodies with respect, give our bodies the best chance of making it along this journey called LIFE. When one looks at the increase in so many diseases since the start of all the preservatives to our food chain, we see that the foods of 50 years ago are no longer being sold. Read the ingredient labels. If it is not organic, there will be additives for shelf life, prevention of spoilage, rancidity, etc. The additives basically help the seller of the goods, at the cost to our bodies for all those artificial chemicals being put into our bodies. We, as a nation, are continually being bombarded with incorrect information, all designed to get us to buy more, buy super-size, and buy what we often dont need. Wall Street wants us to buy, buy, buy. We now have diseases that advertising makes us think we have. Advertising tries to sell us products based on fear. We buy way too many over the counter products that we really dont need. Develop a product, then tell the public that the product must be bought in order to live a more productive life, etc.

Go green by living simply. When you see a gadget to buy, think first. Do I need this product to live? How many gadgets does the average kitchen really need?

Make going green a game. Except for human waste, almost everything else is recycleable. Plastic bags, paper bags,
hangers, books, clothing, shoes, old appliances, all can be recycled. Then go to the store and look for labels showing the products were made using recycleable products, once again making going green go to ZERO waste.
Newspapers can be recycled, buy cloth diapers, when remodeling, take things down carefully and recycle them at a junk yard, used cabinets, sinks, etc.
Someone can use what you throw away. Someone here on this planet needs what you are throwing away, except for things that cant be repaired or things that must go into human waste.

Water from down spouts can be saved for gardens in the area. Turn on fans when it is hot, even with the A.C. ON.
Fans move air and make the area cooler just by moving air.

When someone says you need product X or service X, always question why they are saying this to you. Once I was told I needed $800 worth of service on my car, then I went to other shops, one said I needed a whole new engine, $3,500.
Whoa, when spending like that, ask if you really need the product/service, or what is the motivation behind a salesperson wanting you to buy it.
When we know 65% of people cheat on their income tax, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that everyone has less than honest motives for selling to you. Ask around, talk with friends, ask others in the profession for their advice. Dont just accept what you are being told as the Gospel truth. Second opinions are not always that “one is ugly too.”
We have only one time to be on this earth, treat our bodies with respect, give our bodies the best chance of making it along this journey called LIFE.

]]> By: Crystal http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Crystal Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:17:46 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-1007 I buy organic for the health of myself and my immediate family. My extended family has history of different types of cancers. I hope that by eating/using organic foods and products we will eliminate the threat of certain cancers and illnesses. Whole Foods makes it easy to buy healthy foods. Thanks. I buy organic for the health of myself and my immediate family. My extended family has history of different types of cancers. I hope that by eating/using organic foods and products we will eliminate the threat of certain cancers and illnesses. Whole Foods makes it easy to buy healthy foods. Thanks.

]]> By: Joann http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Joann Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:32:04 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-1003 why note - just think you have a choice to buy a 'conventional' apple at a low price that could likely be Genetically Engineered and grown in soil with chemicals, and then sprayed with chemicals during it's growth that is escalated to get to your kitchen faster .... OR you can purchase an 'organic' apple that is grown at the rate nature intended retaining all the nutrients and vitamins your body needs. why note – just think you have a choice to buy a ‘conventional’ apple at a low price that could likely be Genetically Engineered and grown in soil with chemicals, and then sprayed with chemicals during it’s growth that is escalated to get to your kitchen faster …. OR you can purchase an ‘organic’ apple that is grown at the rate nature intended retaining all the nutrients and vitamins your body needs.

]]> By: MJ Borelli http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-988 MJ Borelli Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:32:35 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-988 I choose organic because it tastes and looks better! Period. I look at a tomato from my garden or at whole foods vs the nasty looking stuff--pale and sickly--dispalyed at most conventional markets. I remember sitting in my high school science class some 40 years ago and the teacher talking on the wonders of pesticides and other ag chemicals. "You can always tell the organic fruit from the modern methods for farming", he said. "The one without chemicals is the under-sized and sickly fruit, often with worms in it". Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Just the opposite, these days. Look and taste an organic potato and you will never go back to conventionally-farmed fruits and vegetables. Outside of the benefits of eating foods free of poisons, they just taste better! I choose organic because it tastes and looks better! Period. I look at a tomato from my garden or at whole foods vs the nasty looking stuff–pale and sickly–dispalyed at most conventional markets. I remember sitting in my high school science class some 40 years ago and the teacher talking on the wonders of pesticides and other ag chemicals. “You can always tell the organic fruit from the modern methods for farming”, he said. “The one without chemicals is the under-sized and sickly fruit, often with worms in it”. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Just the opposite, these days. Look and taste an organic potato and you will never go back to conventionally-farmed fruits and vegetables. Outside of the benefits of eating foods free of poisons, they just taste better!

]]> By: kelly armstrong http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-987 kelly armstrong Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:45:42 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-987 I think that organic food is overated and rather expensive for poorer families. Is it really much better than tried and tested pesticides? I think that organic food is overated and rather expensive for poorer families. Is it really much better than tried and tested pesticides?

]]> By: Susan http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Susan Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:47:47 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-986 quality is better, overall, with organic foods, especially now that there's a lot more of it out there. organic, free range eggs are fantastic, and fruit and veggies are also excellent. i switched to milk that was from grass- fed cows and did not have added hormones in it, and not only does it taste so much better, but i do not have the crazy mood swings or headaches i used to. i've changed little else in my diet, and i suspected the milk for a long time. i don't care what they say about the extra hormones not having an effect, i think they do, esp. on women. perhaps they are not regulating the amounts as closely as they were. i have heard that many farmers are switching to organic, even if they are not aiming to be certified, because the pesticides, etc, are not working as effectively anymore anyway, and they are expensive, so they are looking for other solutions. i shop some at whole foods, but actually, if i can, i shop directly at local farmers markets or farms. while i like grass-fed beef, i'd rather it not have to come from new zealand if i can get it raised in a nearby state, or strawberries from california when i'm on the east coast. it's just a lot of extra fuel used for shipping and not as fresh. quality is better, overall, with organic foods, especially now that there’s a lot more of it out there. organic, free range eggs are fantastic, and fruit and veggies are also excellent. i switched to milk that was from grass- fed cows and did not have added hormones in it, and not only does it taste so much better, but i do not have the crazy mood swings or headaches i used to. i’ve changed little else in my diet, and i suspected the milk for a long time. i don’t care what they say about the extra hormones not having an effect, i think they do, esp. on women. perhaps they are not regulating the amounts as closely as they were.
i have heard that many farmers are switching to organic, even if they are not aiming to be certified, because the pesticides, etc, are not working as effectively anymore anyway, and they are expensive, so they are looking for other solutions.
i shop some at whole foods, but actually, if i can, i shop directly at local farmers markets or farms. while i like grass-fed beef, i’d rather it not have to come from new zealand if i can get it raised in a nearby state, or strawberries from california when i’m on the east coast. it’s just a lot of extra fuel used for shipping and not as fresh.

]]> By: Liz Sanders http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Liz Sanders Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:34:00 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-979 When we used natural fertilizer our food tasted good and was healthy for sustaining our bodies. Then it was decided that food should be altered--tomatoes needed to be huge, food needed to be beautiful--quality was sacrificed for quanity--animals were injected to produce more milk, fatter chickens, more eggs--now we find we are becoming antibiotic resistant when we really need a powerful medicine---all b/c of greed. More is not better--I will pay more for products I know come from famers and producers who care about the whole picture and not just the $$$. When we used natural fertilizer our food tasted good and was healthy for sustaining our bodies. Then it was decided that food should be altered–tomatoes needed to be huge, food needed to be beautiful–quality was sacrificed for quanity–animals were injected to produce more milk, fatter chickens, more eggs–now we find we are becoming antibiotic resistant when we really need a powerful medicine—all b/c of greed. More is not better–I will pay more for products I know come from famers and producers who care about the whole picture and not just the $$$.

]]> By: Sue http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Sue Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:02:31 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-978 I am from India and when I moved here I was serprised that how here cabbage , cauliflower, onion tomatoes etc... are so big because I had never seen so big in size these vegtables or fruits in my country. I never heard about 2 diffrent kind of food. Organic and Conventional . we used to have only one kind of and was Organic, After few years, living here came to know Organic and Conventional. Organic food is one of the fastest growing categories in the food industry. it can cost more than conventional food purchased at a grocery store, but it is really worth it. Now day by day organic food becoming so popular more than half of Americans now buy organic food. I am from India and when I moved here I was serprised that how here cabbage , cauliflower, onion tomatoes etc… are so big because I had never seen so big in size these vegtables or fruits in my country. I never heard about 2 diffrent kind of food. Organic and Conventional .
we used to have only one kind of and was Organic,
After few years, living here came to know Organic and Conventional.
Organic food is one of the fastest growing categories in the food industry.
it can cost more than conventional food purchased at a grocery store, but it is really worth it.
Now day by day organic food becoming so popular more than half of Americans now buy organic food.

]]> By: Paula http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/08/why-choose-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Paula Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:03:51 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/08/27/why-choose-organic/#comment-977 One major reason I shop organic is quality. Organic food tastes better, organic clothes feel better, my organic skin looks better, especially since I hardly ever bother with makeup. When I'm using quality organic products, I put more thought and care into selecting them, using them and enjoying them. I appreciate how this awareness can bring me to a full, needed stop in a busy day. Yes, my responsibilities are important, and so am I, and so is what I put in and on me and my loved ones. One major reason I shop organic is quality. Organic food tastes better, organic clothes feel better, my organic skin looks better, especially since I hardly ever bother with makeup. When I’m using quality organic products, I put more thought and care into selecting them, using them and enjoying them. I appreciate how this awareness can bring me to a full, needed stop in a busy day. Yes, my responsibilities are important, and so am I, and so is what I put in and on me and my loved ones.

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