Here is a fascinating article, entitled, "Can We Afford to Eat Ethically", written by Siobhan Phillips for Salon's online magazine. The author poses the question at a time when our economy has many of us squeezing our budgets. She then devises an experiment for herself and her husband to see if they could, for one month, purchase only sustainable, local, organic, or the ethical alternative, using the government-defined food stamp allotment for 2 people living in New Haven, Connecticut of $248 per month.
It's amazing what can be done when we put our minds and our pocketbooks to it.
When we started eating organic locally produced foods we actually started spending less on our groceries. I attribute it to no longer going to the grocery store and being tempted by convenience & snack foods. We make everything ourselves if we can, like butter, cheese and just about everything else (bread, pasta etc). We are spending less and eating healthier.
Buying organic versions of all the convenience food is a little more expensive, but if you focus on making your own, growing your own and eating in season it's actually much cheaper. A bag of organic apples is a little more expensive than a bag of chips, but I guarantee it will give you more quality food calories per dollar! That's what we really need to look at in our food, quality calories per dollar!
Posted by: Chiot's Run | June 17, 2009 at 07:53 AM
Organic food is more nutritious no chemical use and less expensive,..nice article thanks for the posted.
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