Sponsor |  Erinoia | May 25, 2006 12:11pm | We don't either,(any milk allergies...but they have some friends infants on it.) we also get organic cows milk, from a farm in Kansas City, (yes I'm in the states) I was more adding soy for the extras I thought was good for us, as we eat organic meat and chicken from the Natural food store, howver, at least here where I am, it's quite expensive to use all organic, in fact the milk we get that is free of growth hormones and antibiotics is over 2 dollars more a gallon, we pay over 6 dollars a gallon for milk, and with 2 young kids, well it gets expensive on the old pocketbook, though I would not have it any other way.
Thank you for the heads up on Quorn products, in fact a local grocer does sell it, I'll add it to my weekend list!
I'm leery on all the claims I guess on any product, you never know who is behind it, so hopefully through more searching those of us interested can weed out the good vs bad honestly, I distrust alot of info out there.
I've always used olive oil as well.
I use it for many things cooking, on pasta and bread, salads etc.
I even use it in my hair to help condition it! :)
I really appreciate your information, thanks a ton ericthehamster!
(oh, and my eyes very much appreciate being able to read the post without squinting!) ;) |
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Sponsor | | ericthehamster | May 25, 2006 3:19pm |
I think we are lucky, as organic milk (and organic products generally) are more accessible than ever over here. I am not sure how much more expensive the milk is (I don't buy it in such large amounts, but there are only three of us!).
I suppose I also try to make judgements about what is more useful to buy in organic form than others - so for example, eggs, milk and cheese, I would tend to go organic. Out of veg, I would definitely buy organic carrots. I remember reading somewhere that there wasn't much difference between non-organic and organic in some products (for health reasons - there is still the environmental impact etc) - if I find it on the web, I will blog it.
I'll have to try the olive oil in hair - sounds good! (as to hair and other bathroom products, that's a whole other thing - and topic! - I use Faith in Nature, but not sure you have that over there).
..as to the post - messing about with wysuwyg!
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|  |  453880 | May 25, 2006 3:37pm | My two cents: I live in Canada, and I am using a lot of Schneiders Oh Naturel products. Particularly the "chicken" products taste amazing and everything is manufactured in a completely meat-free facility. I cut up some of their chicken burgers into a vegetable stir fry for my daughter and she swears she's eating take out from the chinese restaurant.
I also favour Lick's meatless products. I have been buying their veggie burgers for a long time, and I recently tried the shepperd's pie and it was wonderful.
Another favourite meatless veggie burger is the President's choice Meatless Portobello and Swiss burger, but this one does contain cheese and therefore is to be eaten only on special occasions, but it tastes out of this world.
I also use olive oil for everything, but have recently discovered Carapelli grape seed oil which is also as healthy as olive oil, but additionally has a very high smoking point and is odorless and adds no discernible taste so is *absolutely perfect* for deep frying.
Obviously we are eating a lot of Soy but fortunately none of us have allergies or have trouble digesting it or anything.
In terms of organic, for fruit I would always buy my strawberries organic if I can possibly find them. It is my understanding that of all fruits, these are the ones that absorb the most contaminants from insecticides. |
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Sponsor | | Erinoia | May 25, 2006 4:05pm | Wow.
This group is so amazing.
I'm really glad I joined.
There's such great information here, and I appreciate being able to have access to it.
I'd love to see organic foods pushed harder here in the States, the processed stuff everyone eats here is behind so many of our nations health problems.I wish I had more time and energy to try to start a grass roots program to start the fight to lower some prices, it bothers me a great deal, that especially the low income are prone to have to settle for the cheaper less healthful foods, out of the fact, it's just too expensive to eat what is better for you.
But I suppose that's an entire different rant.
Thank you Susana-Kay!!
Terrific links I'll check into what is available here as well.
I love this, just in time for shopping this weekend.
Do you have farmers Markets in your countries?
We have them here, and normally (but you have to ask) they are no pesticide clean soil farmers who bring their goods to the town square and sell them from their trucks or small booths.
When I can, I get everything there. |
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Sponsor | | ericthehamster | May 25, 2006 4:16pm |
Susana's links look interesting, and I don't recognise the names, so these are probably products we don't get in the UK.
I think it is easier to avoid GM here, as certain shops have good labelling policies (but again, that is a different topic!)
We have farmer's markets in some towns - I haven't been to enough to comment on general trend, but I think there is a fair smattering of organic farmers. looking at the website, I don't see reference to the Soil Association, who accredit organic farming here. I would like to go to more FM's but there aren't any very near us.
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| | | 453880 | May 25, 2006 10:15pm | | Here we have two farmers' markets and we are also very fortunate to have a very large chain of supermarkets with large organic produce sections. We also have a large store that sells organic, vegetarian and health products. Cost, of course is the limiting factor for buying organic, but the catch 22 is that prices won't go down until more of us start buying organic. It's a matter of time now, I guess. |
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| | | nosmokes | Aug 13, 2006 1:04am | a good source for finding farmer's markets or community supported agriculture farms(CSAs) is the www.Organic ConsumersAssocistion.org
follow some links there and you can find everything from organic farms to co-ops to restaraunts that specialize in organic food. great resource for us in the states and canada. CSAs are by far the best way to go, environmentally and economically speaking. and if you're worried aboutnot having enough variety i think you'll be surprised. |
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