A while back I was exercising my writing, trying to find an voice for this blog, and wrote Why to shop organic. A friend of mine recently gave me a hard time about it and through a funny confluence of events, I found two reasons not to eat organic.
Reason number one: Probably the reason Heather used to call organic strawberries “armpit fruit”:
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Yes, that is a dead worm in my artichoke. Yes, I had to eat this far to discover it. 
Reason number two: Sure they don’t use pesticides, but I don’t want babies working the fields any more than I want 12 year olds making my shirts.
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#1 by Heather on January 13, 2006 - 1:09 pm
Hey there – when to and when not to eat organic has been a hot topic. This handy dandy wallet card recommends the 12 fruits and veggies to always get organic and the 12 where it doesn’t matter as much!
http://www.foodnews.org/pdf/walletguide.pdf
#2 by Reid on April 19, 2006 - 12:01 pm
We are starved for Alec news. Throw us a bone!
#3 by Whitney on September 16, 2006 - 3:36 pm
We are going on one year with no updates from Alec…
#4 by Andrea on May 20, 2008 - 4:59 pm
I was going to go organic but that makes me sick.