Do you buy organic or nonorganic vegetables?

[CookieMonster]

it is frequently related - and I can believe it - that supermarkets price organic higher than 'not' organic/or unspecified.

there is absolutely not a single question that growing stuff organically takes more labor, and there are more "losses."
been there, done that. in a home garden scenario, not such a big deal, , ,
until you lose your whole crop . . . . that can tend to make a body irate . . .

however and most curiously . . . . time to time I find "organic" items at the supermarket priced less.
used to do my little happy dance, until it dawned on me . . . prolly less because the inventory is fixing to go "not fresh anymore"
so I will buy what I see as a bargain/equal, but I'm really picky as to its quality.

 

[rascal]

Without certification that the soil has been free of xyz, for however many years NZ insists on, so no legally.

I can't claim my chooks lay organic eggs because the land over which they walk to get to the house has non-organic sheep. The land which they are on during the day is maintained as organic. Their droppings and mulch are the fertiliser I use, but they stray onto non-organic land and pesticide sprays travel quite widely so you'll not know if your neighbours have sprayed pesticides during the day that have drifted onto your veg. Also unless the sheep are organic, then their fertiliser isn't either, and that's one of the big problems with pesticides. They are used widely and do pass through the sheep into their droppings and less than scrupulous farmers do put sheep out on sprayed land much sooner than they are allowed to by law.
Living on and amongst sheep farms (and having done so much of my life) I've seen it many times over.

Thanks I'll just tell your crops are pretty much organic.

Russ

 

[vernplum]

I usually don't go out of my way to buy organic vegetables as a) they are horribly expensive here b) often riddled with holes from caterpillars c) I remain unconvinced that the full supply chain of them is what they say they are and thus justifies the cost.

I've no doubt that there is 'true' organic produce out there, but I reckon we don't know a lot of the truth about what masquerades as organic and it's hard to know if we're getting scammed. The only way to really know, as some of you do, is grow your own and I can't do that as I'm a horrible gardener with no skill in cultivation, and only have small outdoor balcony.

I buy regular reasonably-priced fruit and vegetables, give them a good wash and that's that.