Why This Mom Boycotts Organic and Will Never Shop at Whole Foods

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5. I do continue to buy organically grown stuff when I can get it

There is no difference in taste or nutrition and most pesticides can be washed off with a few drops of Dr. Bronner's in a pan of water.

I continue to buy it because it supports a more sustainable farming method, building the soil instead of pouring on chemicals and depleting it. Even in a small kitchen garden, I could tell the difference between my soil and a neighbor's Miracle Gro and pesticide soil once both gardens had been going for 5 years.

It's not the food for me, it's the way it is grown.

Getting the earwigs out of leaf lettuce was a pain in the ass, though, and I never did get used to picking off tomato hornworms without gloves. They're not dangerous, they just look that way.