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Why I started eating organic strawberries
Description: Which fruits and vegetables are most important to buy organic?
Why eat organic produce?
Choosing organic produce reduces not just your own exposure to harmful pesticides and chemicals, but it makes a difference all the way back down the line of production -- the people who handle, harvest and grow the produce and the land around the areas where the land is produced are impacted by those chemicals as well.
Depending on where you live - organic produce might be quite a lot more expensive. You should always pick organic for the fruits and vegetables most heavily treated with pesticides, especially those with thin skins.
If you have to buy non-organic produce, stick with items at the bottom of the list -- like avocados and onions. Always buy organic for the Top Ten worst offenders -- the list is ordered from from worst pesticide load to least:
Peaches
Apples
Sweet Bell Peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Lettuce
Grapes - Imported
Pears
Spinach
Potatoes
Carrots
Green Beans
Hot Peppers
Cucumbers
Raspberries
Plums
Oranges
Grapes-Domestic
Cauliflower
Tangerine
Mushrooms
Cantaloupe
Lemon
Honeydew Melon
Grapefruit
Winter Squash
Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Watermelon
Blueberries
Papaya
Eggplant
Broccoli
Cabbage
Bananas
Kiwi
Asparagus
Sweet Peas-Frozen
Mango
Pineapples
Sweet Corn-Frozen
Avocado
Onions
URL: http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php and full data set http://www.foodnews.org/fulldataset.php
Jenn's keywords: organic produce
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