Advice for noobie

Organic produce is grown without pesticides....the nutrient value has not been proven to be greater with such growing practices. Organic also means the produce is grown

The usda defines organic growing practices for produce, to include water and soil conservation, using natural fertilizer, and natural controls over plant insects. None of that increases the nutritional value of the produce. But it does reduce the pesticides on the surface of fruits and vegetables, which is a good thing. And it conserves water and soil which is a good thing also.

Scientists have not found evidence to prove organic food has a higher nutritional value than non-organic food.....so you are paying a premium price to have pesticide free produce, which may be a premium worth paying for, especially for kids. The term organic has never been used by the usda to mean a difference in nutrition between organic and non-organic produce. It has only been used to describe the growing and food processing methods used.

Some produce, peaches, celery, and pears are preferred to be organic as you may have to peel non-organic produce to get all the pesticide off, which lowers their nutritional value as their skin has more of the vitamins concentrated there.

Since you can't see the pesticides, it is difficult to know if you have washed it all off, when washing non-organic produce.

 

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