Comments on: Diving In

By: MinD

MinD — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:53:29 +0000

For some reason, I’m rather lax about what I eat – meaning anything – so I’ve never been one for organic. However, I only give my dog natural and organic food. I guess it makes me feel better about not knowing what’s going on in her body…

By: WhatACard

WhatACard — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:21:24 +0000

I’m more of an “eat local” fan, because you can meet the farmers and see what they’re doing to care for the land/animals. Most, at least in our area, farm organically yet can’t afford to get official organic recognition, so when I buy from local farms, I don’t sweat the organic designation.

Good for you for switching to organic milk! That’s one switch I haven’t made yet…it’s so hard to prioritize cost/benefit. I’ve been kind of keeping an eye out for a local dairy farm that wouldn’t require ridiculous driving times for me, but I don’t exactly live in dairy central in the ‘burbs of Boston :) Not a lot of cows out this way!

I really enjoyed The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan if you’re looking to read more about the issues. It was very eye-opening for me (though fair warning, I haven’t been able to think about food in the same way since reading it. Sometimes I miss the ignorance!)

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:33:05 +0000

Kristina: It really is appalling. Apparently the idea originally was that not everything was able to be organic yet, so some things were allowed, but instead of the list of allowed things decreasing as technology increases, it’s actually increasing.

Liz: I’m not quite a conspiracy theorist, because I know why the FDA has done what they’ve done historically. I think we need to be careful not to throw out technology that has saved thousands of lives through the years and helped us get to where we are today.

Elizabeth, Barry, Emma: I do realize that the cost to me is much less than it would be to a family! One more advantage to being single, I guess!

Christy: Me, too. Lots of the decisions I’ve made now could change for practicality reasons if/when I have kids.

Veronica: That’s just gross! It about killed me to take the time to take the picture before I dove in because I don’t like soggy cereal. Once the milk is poured, the clock is ticking!

Jennifer: It doesn’t taste different to me. Maybe tastes a little thicker? It does seem to be a little different, but I can’t place the difference.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:28:01 +0000

How is the taste? We haven’t gone organic anything. We need a nutrition make over here in a bad way.

By: emmap

emmap — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:13:14 +0000

honestly,i have not considered going organic. as a single mom every penny counts. so i guess if it costs more, i really dont consider it.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:08:40 +0000

I love Raisin Bran and don’t eat it until it’s soggy! Don’t go organic in anything. I usually buy what’s the cheapest, and now that I play the grocery gsame, I buy what’s on sale.

The only one in our family who drinks milk on a regular basis is Alex. We try to get our calcium in other ways..

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:28:04 +0000

I drink organic milk because ironically, I find that it lasts longer. I noticed that when I bought regular milk, it would go bad within 3-4 days…or at least would change smells to where it would bother me. Organic milk stays the right smell for longer. I don’t know why, but I’ve been drinking it for a couple of years and I can tell the difference when I drink regular milk now. I will say that I can do this because I live alone and don’t have any kids. I think that if I had to raise kids, I would struggle to be able to pay for it, although I would like to.

By: Kayren

Kayren — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:45:30 +0000

We buy organic milk at our house, and it does end up costing us more with four kids. We go through about a gallon of milk a day, but we felt like this was one of the areas where it mattered. We also try to get a few organic fruits and vegetables when we can, like strawberries, lettuce, grapes, and some of the others where the pesticides would be most likely to be on the product. I’m horrible about sugars and stuff like that.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:09:35 +0000

I don’t generally buy organic products. From my experience there are some organic products that tend to taste better than their counterparts (generally in some fruits and meats). If I am going to buy these products it’s as a treat as I can’t afford to pay the extra as of yet. Perhaps once my fiance and I have our careers going this will change.

By: Barry Wallace

Barry Wallace — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:08:33 +0000

My family drinks about 6 gallons of milk a week. I haven’t taken the time to calculate what that would cost me in a year, but it would be a tad bit more than $25-50!