Paying extra for organic, free range, etc?
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What do you feel is worth paying extra for at the supermarket?
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No.
Although free range eggs do taste better.0 -
Nothing.0
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I've always wanted to avoid paying for "labels", but have really starting to rethink if this is paying for the label or extra effort and a better product. Meats, the "dirty dozen" of produce, cheese, and a few other things are what I've ended up shelling out the extra money for at the store. I would love to do more, but there is only so far the budget will stretch. I also tend to like to find local vendors and will pay a little more so that I can have a slightly better product and help support somebody that is literally around the corner! :laugh:0
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I guess it would depend..on a recent trip to the local farmers market the Amish now have a sign on their booth that proclaimed "organically grown" and jacked up the prices from the previous visits. I had to laugh as it was grown in the same cow dung in the week before but somehow now it is so much better for you0
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agree with no here.0
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No.
Although free range eggs do taste better.
I agree about the eggs. We have chickens that are free range and the color and taste are much better than store eggs. I cringe when I have to buy eggs at the store:sad:0 -
Depends on how gimicky it is. Organic oranges are gimick because you remove all the pesticide residue when you peel it. Organic apples, though, are another story, and I have noticed a difference in taste and quality. I also prefer to buy my eggs free range because I feel bad for the chickens (even though "cage-free" doesn't mean "happy and frolicky in the grass" in most places).
Short version is, I am willing to pay more if I get better quality for it.0 -
For eggs, dairy, and meats I will buy as free range / etc. as possible b/c I'm concerned about animal welfare, and I think it's probably healthier.
For fruits and veggies, I buy organic for the "dirty dozen."0 -
At the supermarkets, I am not convinced about their offerings of organic.
However, I try to buy at the farmer's markets, local stands.
I just buy the highest quality chicken I can, not always organic.
I try to keep a stock of locally grown (a local private farm) beef.0 -
I actually buy grass fed, free range beefalo once a year. It tastes better and it's nice to know that it isn't loaded with pink slime or other chemicals. Last year I bought a quarter, I will have to get a half this year as I ran out of some of the cuts. It was $3.70/lb. With that you get all cuts of beef. It's cheaper than buying it in the store and it's locally raised.0
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If I wasn't poor I would buy locally raised meat. I feel better about it, not necessarily morally which sounds awful, but because I get really freaked out about meat. I also like organic tomatoes more than normal tomatoes. But not enough to shell out the dough right now.0
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It's mostly for the sake of the environment and animals. It's definitely worth it if you consume meat, poultry and dairy. Especially eggs.
I don't usually eat organic but I know it's better.0 -
I normally don't buy specifically organic, but if the cost is close enough I buy a few things. I grow my own veggies in the garden and do not buy packaged goods. I make all my meals from scratch.0
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the "dirty dozen"?0
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No.
Although free range eggs do taste better.
^This^ and organic coffee beans too. Chicken & beef too!0 -
Eggs. When my kids were little, I bought hormone free milk and meat.0
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What do you feel is worth paying extra for at the supermarket?
Store bought eggs are two or three weeks old. Find a local who will sell you eggs, at just a fraction more. Or if you have the room, consider a small flock. You can always raise some for meat too.
Everything else I try to buy from local farmers and ranchers. If you are into beef, you can find someone who will go in with you to buy half a grass fed and finished cow. Much better for you. Pork? Ehh. If you really gotta, buy from a 4-H or FFA kid. I avoid pork as much as I can, but baaaacoooon. Yum.0 -
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I purchase free range eggs from a friend who charges $2 a dozen (not much more than the regular supermarket). I buy 6 dozen at a time. I buy all my veggies at the local farmer's market and I buy organic beef from a local farmer. The hamburger isn't much more than what I see at the grocery store and is a much better quality of meat. I can't find free range chickens that I can actually afford though so I buy poultry at the supermarket. If I could find free range poultry for a reasonable price, I'd do that too. Everyone talks about how expensive organic is (and it is pricier) but if everyone would stop eating the processed junk on the shelf and start eating clean, the price would come down and we'd see a much healthier nation of people.
However, I realize that many (especially with the American economy the way it is) purchase the cheapest foods possible to keep their families fed and they just do the best they can do. Personally, when I quit buying all the bagged chips, cookies, soft drinks, boxed cereals, etc., it freed up more money to purchase the healthier items. My grocery budget really hasn't gone up that much.0
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