As anyone who has checked out the prices of organic produce in his or her local supermarkets knows, switching to foodstuffs that are free of pesticides and chemicals can be a very expensive business. With these few simple tips, you can eat more healthily for less:
1. Don’t assume that supermarkets offer the best value for organic produce. Check out natural food stores too, because they can often be cheaper overall or for certain items.
2. Instead of shopping for the ingredients for a particular recipe, buy the cheapest organic ingredients and devise meals around them. Also, adapt traditional recipes so that they use the cheapest organic produce.
3. Design your meal plans around seasonal produce, because it is always less expensive.
4. If you have relatively easy access to local organic growers, then buy directly from them to cut costs.
5. Remember that organic produce that is frozen is still better than nonorganic produce that is fresh. Consider buying frozen if the ingredient that you want is out of season.
6. Some foodstuffs are more heavily contaminated with pesticides and chemicals than others, and it is estimated that we can reduce our exposure to contaminants by 90% simply by buying the organic versions of these alone. Even if you can’t afford to go fully organic, try cutting out nonorganic apples, strawberries, peaches, nectarines, grapes, blueberries, spinach, celery, sweet peppers, potatoes, lettuce and kale, because these are the worst offenders.
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