pHow important is it for you to buy organic food?

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It's irrelevant to me

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Important for some foods

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@Feb '13 c 109 comments V 235 votes

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Knight80

v It's irrelevant to me

Organic may be the best for you but just as other healthy food items, they are more expensive and most people can't afford the difference.

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DesignerLM voted

v It's irrelevant to me
May 20
FFX_VA voted

v It's irrelevant to me
May 20

LHoran

v Important for some foods

I wish i could afford to buy more organic foods. And the no gluten and no extra additive foods. But got to put some momoney away for retirement.

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May 20
GodlessLiberal voted

v It's irrelevant to me
May 20
Bill2E endorsed lawnmowrman

v It's irrelevant to me
May 20

skeptic

v Very important

I don't trust monsanto

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May 19

Gatnos

v It's irrelevant to me

With little or no regulation and enforcement on what can be labeled "organic", the whole "organic" food system is open to fraud and price gouging.

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May 19

LEC

v Very important

Just can't afford it.. Now its for the rich... We have come full circle.. once upon a time only the rich could afford the soft white bread and cakes and cookies... the poor had to be content with the more nutrition but harder breads and beer [actually]. Now only the rich can afford organic and hand made foods.

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May 18
Avoicenmany voted

v I should care but I don't
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May 18
DrSilicon voted

v It's irrelevant to me
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May 16
Rpete endorsed Tralee

v Important for some foods
May 16
fantasyflygon voted

v Important for some foods
May 16
DanielZ voted

v Important for some foods
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May 15

sspphoto

v Very important

It is very important for me to buy organic food, especially fruits and vegetables as I am now the owner of the NutriBullet nutrition-release blender. The so-called "conventional" fruits and vegetables are still loaded with pesticides which can be detrimental to my health in which I already have major issues. Said pesticides cannot be completely removed.

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May 13
AceLuby endorsed PoliticalSpice

v Important for some foods
May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed eieio

v It's irrelevant to me
May 11

NoAmnestyEVER

v Important for some foods

For most foods I don't pay extra for organic, but I'd glad pay TRIPLE for crops that aren't picked by illegal aliens.

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May 10
buckilaked voted

v Important for some foods
May 10

harold_lloyd

v It's irrelevant to me

I'm past breeding age, but I counsel my daughters to eat as pure and un-chemicaled a diet as possible, and that includes a very good water filter. The environment is polluted with endocrine disruptors, and they are in both our food and our water. If your gestating, one wrong molecule can make a huge difference in development of the fetus. If you have kids, go find out for yourself.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v Very important
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May 8
pmonteen voted

v It's irrelevant to me
May 8
Roony voted

v Important for some foods
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May 7

URBS

v It's irrelevant to me

Why would I pay more for lower quality?

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May 6
voltronsba voted

v It's irrelevant to me
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May 6
Carefree voted

v It's irrelevant to me
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May 4
BossTweed endorsed John_Matrix

v It's irrelevant to me
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May 3
fraps endorsed John_Matrix

v It's irrelevant to me
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May 2
Michael_Taylor voted

v Important for some foods
May 1
Deste66 voted

v Important for some foods
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May 1

Realthinker

v It's irrelevant to me

My niece got food poisoning from organic strawberries just last week. I don't think it's [possible to wash organic food enough to assure it is free of bacteria.

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Apr 30
MontanaJD voted

v It's irrelevant to me
Apr 30
Malitia_Man endorsed Tralee

v Important for some foods
Apr 30
PaulBartomioli endorsed Dan_Tien

v It's irrelevant to me
Apr 30
darkmoonman endorsed John_Matrix

v It's irrelevant to me
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Apr 30
Angry_man endorsed Food4thoughts

v I should care but I don't
Apr 30
Zazziness voted

v Important for some foods
Apr 30
DyingBreed voted

v Important for some foods
Apr 30
loganrollo voted

v Very important
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Apr 29
HeresSomeTruth endorsed Cheenoguy

v Very important
Apr 29

Robbo03712

v I should care but I don't

Too expensive.

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Apr 29

treedcat25

v It's irrelevant to me

I buy what I can afford and tastes good.

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Apr 29
Big_jeff voted

v Important for some foods
Apr 29
Keystroke voted

v It's irrelevant to me
Apr 28
Mnementh voted

v Very important
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Apr 28
tdogz voted

v It's irrelevant to me
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Apr 27
kimmie99 voted

v It's irrelevant to me
Apr 27
Concerned_Cit voted

v Important for some foods
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Apr 27
blueberrysyrup voted

v Important for some foods
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Apr 27
toledodude voted

v It's irrelevant to me

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Knight80

v It's irrelevant to me

Organic may be the best for you but just as other healthy food items, they are more expensive and most people can't afford the difference.

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May 20

LHoran

v Important for some foods

I wish i could afford to buy more organic foods. And the no gluten and no extra additive foods. But got to put some momoney away for retirement.

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May 20

skeptic

v Very important

I don't trust monsanto

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May 19

Gatnos

v It's irrelevant to me

With little or no regulation and enforcement on what can be labeled "organic", the whole "organic" food system is open to fraud and price gouging.

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May 19

LEC

v Very important

Just can't afford it.. Now its for the rich... We have come full circle.. once upon a time only the rich could afford the soft white bread and cakes and cookies... the poor had to be content with the more nutrition but harder breads and beer [actually]. Now only the rich can afford organic and hand made foods.

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May 15

sspphoto

v Very important

It is very important for me to buy organic food, especially fruits and vegetables as I am now the owner of the NutriBullet nutrition-release blender. The so-called "conventional" fruits and vegetables are still loaded with pesticides which can be detrimental to my health in which I already have major issues. Said pesticides cannot be completely removed.

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May 11

NoAmnestyEVER

v Important for some foods

For most foods I don't pay extra for organic, but I'd glad pay TRIPLE for crops that aren't picked by illegal aliens.

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May 10

harold_lloyd

v It's irrelevant to me

I'm past breeding age, but I counsel my daughters to eat as pure and un-chemicaled a diet as possible, and that includes a very good water filter. The environment is polluted with endocrine disruptors, and they are in both our food and our water. If your gestating, one wrong molecule can make a huge difference in development of the fetus. If you have kids, go find out for yourself.

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May 7

URBS

v It's irrelevant to me

Why would I pay more for lower quality?

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May 1

Realthinker

v It's irrelevant to me

My niece got food poisoning from organic strawberries just last week. I don't think it's [possible to wash organic food enough to assure it is free of bacteria.

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Apr 29

Robbo03712

v I should care but I don't

Too expensive.

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Apr 29

treedcat25

v It's irrelevant to me

I buy what I can afford and tastes good.

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Feb '13

killumall

v It's irrelevant to me

ZERO!

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Feb '13

Andrewly

v Very important

Important but far too expensive for my measly food budget unfortunately.

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Feb '13

Jmh5377

v Very important

In my opinion, eating foods with so many chemicals is messing around with our immune systems. Soon enough our immune systems are going to be worthless if we continue to fill our bodies with garbage. #ProOrganic

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Feb '13

srmccleary

v I should care but I don't

I have tried to fill my grociery list with organic foods. But its hard to find. I wish i could just go kill a deer everytime i needed to fill my freezer but the government regulates and taxes that also.

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Feb '13

Starsplash

v Important for some foods

I probably would care more if there are better reason why it deserves to be more expensive than normal foods.

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Feb '13

greenslime300

v I should care but I don't

Yeah, it's bad for me... yolo?

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Feb '13

MarkJM

v It's irrelevant to me

It's a Marketing Ploy. Study after study has shown that health benefits are no different with Organics than with regular foods. So explain to me why I should pay $5 for that half gallon of "organic" milk when I can pay $3 for a half gallon of Almond Milk (which has more health benefits) instead. That's just one of many many examples.

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Feb '13

ebg

v It's irrelevant to me

More people need to research that "organic" as defined by the FDA is not really that much better for you than "non-organic." It's just a fun way for companies like Kashi, etc, to charge higher prices. I'm vegetarian and that's pretty common knowledge.

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John_Matrix

v It's irrelevant to me

Organic food is nothing more than a marketing ploy to raise prices. It's not chemical free, in fact lots of the natural chemicals they use have been proven to be more dangerous than the artificial ones used in modern farming. It's nothing more than a load of bullshit and one only has to do a bit of research to see that.

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Feb '13

Tralee

v Important for some foods

I like to buy organic when possible but not for everything. Hard skinned fruits hold the contaminants in the skin, just peel and eat. Organic or locally grown meat is so much better, fresher with more flavor and freshly grown vegetables, my local stand is organic, have so much more flavor too. Organic soap? Nah - not an issue.

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Feb '13

Dan_Tien

v It's irrelevant to me

I don't trust that food marketed as "organic" or "natural" is healthier than food that is not marketed as such. It is more expensive and if you look closely at the label you generally see ingredients and processes that don't seem at all natural. I only feel confident that I am not being misled when I have grown the food myself.

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Feb '13

Cheenoguy

v Very important

Big fan of limiting how much poison goes in my body.

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Feb '13

lawnmowrman

v It's irrelevant to me

grow my own besides too poor to buy it

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Feb '13

PoliticalSpice

v Important for some foods

I buy organic more to protect the environment then out of worries to health. The use of pesticides on food is minor for personal health compared to the damage chemical fertilizers and pesticides do to the soil and water table. So buying organic protects soil and water in the communities the food is grown in. That said, I do tend to recognize that root vegtables, for example, are more likely to absorb pesticides then an orange, since the peel on such a fruit protects it from pestcides, and in considering price differences its much easier to justify the higher price I pay for organics to myself if the food I am buying is one that is a root vegtable, or has an edible pee...

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Feb '13

Food4thoughts

v I should care but I don't

I always hear stories that lots of organic food are just labeled that to jack up prices...but yes if I could limit the chemicals and added garbage that would be a positive IMO

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Feb '13

crusader

v I should care but I don't

IT sounds good but I have heard most organics are not much different than nonorganic, they barely meet the relaxed requirements for the label, and they so cost much more. While in season I do however get many vegetables that are locally farm grown. My green beans always comes from my dads garden or a local amish man that sets up nearby once a week.

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Feb '13

kramresim1

v I should care but I don't

I think buying organic is inportant, but I admit I don't always do it.

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Feb '13

Yank

v It's irrelevant to me

Are we talking about food that the USDA allows to be labeled organic, or about eating locally grown, pesticide, and chemical free?

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