Why NOT to eat organic
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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January 13th, 2006 at 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
April 19th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
We are starved for Alec news. Throw us a bone!