Organic Food?

i have been buying organic whipping cream-WAY better and also have been getting organic half-half for my coffee and hot teas. I started buying cottage cheese for my yorkie whiskey (thanks YT!!!) and it tasted good to me then i started getting the organic kind-it's delicious. I can't wait till i can get organic skim milk in a gallon size -where i live you can only buy it in the pint size and it's whole milk. so far that's the only organic things i've been buying...will try to buy more when it becomes available.

[RLC12345678]

If I started a garden and grew my own produce, would that be considered "organic"??? I was wondering about this today.

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

If I started a garden and grew my own produce, would that be considered "organic"??? I was wondering about this today.

That's the best you can get!!!!

[Janet]

I use to love having my garden. We haven't had one for about 3 years now. I was always so meticulous about weeds and all, but then we got a little busy when our son got older. I may have to think it over for next year.

Originally Posted by Janet

I use to love having my garden. We haven't had one for about 3 years now. I was always so meticulous about weeds and all, but then we got a little busy when our son got older. I may have to think it over for next year.

I love having fresh fruits and veggies in my garden. We had a lot of stuff that didn't survive because everything got cold after we planted. But, we have tomatoes and peppers growing right now! home grown produce is the best!

I buy about 90% of my daughter's food at the organic whole food store. I try to feed her the healthiest foods possible & I feel organic is much healthier. As for myself....I rarely eat organic because it is expensive so I only buy stuff for her.

[Tink]

What I find comical is that people will spend a bundle on organic foods but still bathe in treated (city) water, live in cities where the air is green, etc.

I'm personally not convinced that it's possible to elimate everything that's damaging, and like with bacteria, unless we are exposed to it to build up immunities, once we are we're going to really get sick. School lunches, restaurants, and even a meal at a friends house could be a nasty ordeal if you haven't built up some resistance over time.

To qualify to be "organic" you have to have your garden a certain distance from any roads (carbon monoxide fumes) have to start with soil that's free of chemicals and have to know how to use natural forms of fertilizers and pest control. It's very regulated and even here in the middle of no-where, most people have to buy the soil and truck it in because years of farmers using chemicals on their fields has "contaminated" the soil for miles around.

Just my humble opinion.