Organic food in supermarkets

Kirri

http://www.omlet.co.uk/shop/chicken_keeping/feed_and_treats/2230/organic_omlet_chicken_feed_10kg/


In case anyone buys chicken feed as part of their weekly shop!

rufuschucklebutty

i find it a joke that we moved to bland and tasteless fruit and veg, and proccessed food that was aboveall else cheap, then we are being sold organic that actually tastes of something at double the price. It's just what food should be like before they ruined it.

wasn't all food organic in past times ?

alandbailey

Kirri wrote: »

http://www.omlet.co.uk/shop/chicken_keeping/feed_and_treats/2230/organic_omlet_chicken_feed_10kg/


In case anyone buys chicken feed as part of their weekly shop!

I buy GM-free layer pellets, 25kg sack for £9.70, at Mole Valley Farmers. My eggs taste so good that when I supply a local farm shop, the farmer immediately grabs a tray for his own kitchen. I pointed out that his other suppliers' free-range eggs were bigger than mine - his reply was that mine are the tastiest. :j

Edwardia

rufuschucklebutty wrote: »

i find it a joke that we moved to bland and tasteless fruit and veg, and proccessed food that was aboveall else cheap, then we are being sold organic that actually tastes of something at double the price. It's just what food should be like before they ruined it.

wasn't all food organic in past times ?

None of the pesticides we know existed before the 1930s, most not before the 1950s so people in their 70s and 80s now grew up with food that was if not organic as we know it, certainly more or less pesticide free.

Before freezers and microwaves became common, there were few ready meals about either so much less processed food about with preservatives, colourings etc.

Research in Boston found that a kid born now in a major US city was likely to have 400 toxins in his/her cord blood.

Our environment gets more toxic, our population grows, available agricultural land diminishes year on year and politicians interfere in the price of crops, often keeping them artificially high.

It's disgusting that chemical laden processed food is ultimately subsidised along the food chain to make it cheaper than natural food.

I agree with you entirely rufuschuckleberry (great name btw). It is possible to find food without additives though if you read labels, even in places like Poundland.

Edwardia

Budgens to Wed 28/08
Yeo Valley organic milk all varieties 1 litre were 1.10 each now 2 for £2

bornintoit

I saw your post on Icelands thread Edwardia and thought I would mention that Waitrose now deliver to my area. I thought that was interesting as I often see Ocado vans round here but before now as I have mentioned before Waitrose haven't delivered to our area. I am now wondering whether Ocado deliveries round here are going to take a hit from the new Waitrose competition.

One thing I will say though is that Waitrose do not have many delivery slots for our area at present, I am hoping that will increase as time goes on.

bornintoit

Dominykassmith wrote: »

though i have not tried organic foods yet but through the supportive reads here, i will certainly go with some food stuffs ...

That's great to hear. I was first inspired by organic food through this thread. It doesn't matter how much of your shopping is organic, whether it be 5% or 100%, everyone is welcome here. Everyone is very supportive.

Edwardia

This PDF from Greenpeace shows products which are GM free, from manufacturers intending to go GM and GM with no plans to change, using green, yellow and red.

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/MultimediaFiles/Live/FullReport/6464.pdf

Fed up with tough organic British lamb from Sainsbury's at £6 a pack, I have started buying GM free, grass pastured New Zealand lamb from Lidl which is 3.99 a pack and far tastier. The USA is trying to pressure NZ into signing a Free Trade agreement which would mean they could export genetically modified stuff so keep eyes out. For now though NZ products are GM free.

SoWhatIsNext

That guide says last updated July 2004 and the link to get an updated version doesn't work.

I'm guessing some things might have changed since then!

Edwardia

Reading that people are inspired by this thread to try organic food is awesome and made my day. But tho I started the thread it has survived because of the contributions made by everyone else.

Organic food would generally be more expensive than non organic. However I would hazard a guess that eating NON organic from Marks and Spencer would be more expensive than organic from Lidl, Morrisons, ASDA and Sainsbury's.

The first step to making yourself feel better about the food you eat and how healthy it is, is simply to read labels.

The simpler the ingredients, the better. If the label is mentioning things which sound distinctly UNnatural like hydrogenated vegetable fat and long chemical names, it's best to avoid them.

You don't have to switch away from your fave supermarket in order to do that but you may find that your preferred brand is not as healthy as you thought.

The second step is to choose organic if the fruit or veg is something you can't peel because this reduces your exposure to pesticides while keeping cost down.

If you want to be greener as well, try old fashioned remedies like soda crystals, vinegar and bicarbonate of soda for cleaning rather than chemical stuff in fancy bottles with a tropical pong which cost a fortune - Old Style Moneysaving Board could be useful for ideas.

ASDA is doing it's own range of eco-friendly cleaning stuff now and everything I've tried so far has been good.