How Green are you?

[GipsyQueen]

so for those of you buying organic... what is it you are hoping to get out of it?

Theoretically, organic food is not healthier. However, conventional foods have so many pestisides on them, that its just plain discusting. With organic foods I can be 99% sure, that it is not genetically modified food, no artifical colours or flavors and nothing altered.
On top of that, when I buy organic meats, I can also be pretty sure that the animals are treated ethically and not fed with hormons to make the grow faster.

 

[KenyiGirl]

Let's see... We recycle, compost, grow veggies in a garden, I like thrift stores, I try to buy things used... I would buy more organic/locally grown foods, but it's usually more expensive than non-organic/local. We've stopped shopping at Walmart for the most part, and are supporting our local Yokes (empoyee owned and operated!), so there's not a lot of extra grocery money to throw at organic/local food right now.

 

[smkie]

Thrift stores, and recycle, no Walmart either.

 

[KenyiGirl]

I think the whole "green movement" would catch on a LOT faster if it weren't hitting people's pocket books. If everything organic was the same price as non-organic, then there would be a lot more converts. If each plastic bag cost a quarter, but paper bags were free, how many people would be asking for plastic? How fast change happens often comes down to the money involved...