Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I've recently been attempting to transition over to at least an 80/20; however, I have a family of eight and the cost involved is substantial. Even with cutting out all fast food, as well as junk food. Trying to buy everything organic, etc has proven to be costly. I'm really trying to make things work out w/ a local organic produce co-op, but that has had varying success due to the fact that I have to spend half my grocery budget up front; while waiting a week before I actually get it. I must admit, it really is cheaper to eat total junk. any suggestions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 - mom26athome >I've recently been attempting to transition over to at least an 80/20; however, I have a family of eight and the cost involved is substantial. Even with cutting out all fast food, as well as junk food. Trying to buy everything organic, etc has proven to be costly. I'm really trying to make things work out w/ a local organic produce co-op, but that has had varying success due to the fact that I have to spend half my grocery budget up front; while waiting a week before I actually get it. I must admit, it really is cheaper to eat total junk. Having the same problem, but we're only a family of 2. I check for specials/sales, and buy by the carton or box where I can to get a bulk discount. With only 2 of us, we often have some leftover at the end of the week, but that tides us over if some of the fruit delivered isn't ripe yet (as was the case with the boy's bananas last week - he's feasting on them this week to make up for it!). If you're spending half your grocery budget each week on the co-op, maybe you could skip a week of that, stock up enough to last you 2 weeks (ie, this week, and next week you wait for the co-op), then get extra through the co-op to get ahead a bit...does that make sense? Probably very difficult with 8 in the house, as well as keeping things fresh... Good luck with it, and if you find a good solution, please share ;o) Caron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I can't get all organic because the store in our town does not sell it one one thing. But now that summar is hear we have a garden and I helped to make it bigger. I'm growing lots of sprouts I started 20 jars last night again and took of 16 and put them in the freg. had sprouts and raisen for breakfast today they are good ground up with nut milk. The rest of my family will eat the sprouts and help me to grow them. This just got us back into which we had stoped doing. I use 1/2 galad jars for I have made the room for that size. I now have also made a flat bread that some of my family will eat. I don't spend over 4o a week and that does cover just me and some for the others. Theresa \o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 yes,,and thats for a reason...junk food is job security for big pharma. im just one person, and for the life of me i can not stock up without having to throw stuff out cuz i dont get to it before it goes bad... i had to switch to buying 1-2 days at a time... i dont know how to do that with a big family,,thats a true challenge... i can suggest being particular about what you buy organic... for example, it is not necessary to buy fruits with tough skins that you dont eat, organic...these can be conventionally grown... this includes watermelon, citrus, avocadoes, bananas....whereas fruits like tomatoes, apples, grapes, raisins, berries,etc *must* be organic...this applies to all leafy greens and green veggies whose skin you will eat also... but if youre going to wash it, you can slack off on that too..like cucumbers...do you scrub them and eat the skin? or do you peel the skin off?....your method of use determines if you need to pay the higher prices... i hope this helps a little...you may already be doing this,,i dunno... anna On 6/12/07, mom26athome <mom2home wrote: > > I've recently been attempting to transition over to at least an 80/20; > however, I have a family of eight and the cost involved is > substantial. Even with cutting out all fast food, as well as junk > food. Trying to buy everything organic, etc has proven to be costly. > I'm really trying to make things work out w/ a local organic produce > co-op, but that has had varying success due to the fact that I have to > spend half my grocery budget up front; while waiting a week before I > actually get it. > I must admit, it really is cheaper to eat total junk. > > any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Good general guidelines, Anna, regarding the types of skin and how one personally prepares their fruits and veggies as to whether they could consider conventional over organic. There are also various top-ten and " dirty dozen " lists available showing the produce with the greatest pesticide load. A couple such resources I have linked to here: http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog/2007/03/12/strawberries/ -Erin http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog/vegan-done-light.html rawfood , " Anna Bishop " <mowthpeece wrote: [...] > i can suggest being particular about what you buy organic... > > for example, it is not necessary to buy fruits with tough skins that you > dont eat, organic...these can be conventionally grown... > > this includes watermelon, citrus, avocadoes, bananas....whereas fruits like > tomatoes, apples, grapes, raisins, berries,etc *must* be organic...this > applies > to all leafy greens and green veggies whose skin you will eat also... > > but if youre going to wash it, you can slack off on that too..like > cucumbers...do you scrub them and eat the skin? or do you peel > the skin off?....your method of use determines if you need to pay > the higher prices... [...] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 oh excellent!!! thank you erin!! thats priceless information!! cking it right nnooooww..... a On 6/12/07, Erin <truepatriot wrote: > > Good general guidelines, Anna, regarding the types of skin > and how one personally prepares their fruits and veggies as > to whether they could consider conventional over organic. > > There are also various top-ten and " dirty dozen " lists > available showing the produce with the greatest pesticide > load. A couple such resources I have linked to here: > > http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog/2007/03/12/strawberries/ > > > -Erin > http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog/vegan-done-light.html > > > rawfood , " Anna Bishop " <mowthpeece wrote: > > [...] > > > i can suggest being particular about what you buy organic... > > > > for example, it is not necessary to buy fruits with tough skins > that you > > dont eat, organic...these can be conventionally grown... > > > > this includes watermelon, citrus, avocadoes, bananas....whereas > fruits like > > tomatoes, apples, grapes, raisins, berries,etc *must* be > organic...this > > applies > > to all leafy greens and green veggies whose skin you will eat > also... > > > > but if youre going to wash it, you can slack off on that too..like > > cucumbers...do you scrub them and eat the skin? or do you peel > > the skin off?....your method of use determines if you need to pay > > the higher prices... > > [...] > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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