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Thread ID: 139005 2015-02-22 22:33:00 Do you buy organic? Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1394880 2015-02-23 13:59:00 :+1: Although, as a pensioner I watch the $$ carefully, and as much I like the principle, of necessity I compromise and opt for cage free eggs over free range+ 1 Greg (193)
1394881 2015-02-23 17:28:00 Yes, we tried Neem oil. No it did nothing at all.
Hence the Maverick.

Organic....cancer......the dinosaurs got cancer.
All creatures with dividing cells get cancer.
You can minimise contact with toxic substances, but it's not a cure-all.
pctek (84)
1394882 2015-02-25 08:58:00 Its not about taste .

I buy organic eggs, free range.
I dont support cruelty to farm animals , so I spend that extra $2.
I also dont want to eat all the hormones & drugs(yes) feed to chickens
Local council had to stop using chicken poop in its composting scheme, as the poop had so much antibiotics it was killing the composting process.

So yes , farm animals are feed hormones & drugs. Give the choice, Id rather not eat them

I buy organic apples, when the supermarket has them, just so I dont have to eat all the pestisides on them.
There have been plenty of instances (NZ) where tested fruit & veg have been over the max allowable residual levels for pestisides & herbicides

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But I have noticed that for example, organic broccoli tastes a lot better.
Agent_24 (57)
1394883 2015-02-25 10:44:00 It's not just about the taste, it's also what is being put in a lot of food these days. Mainly sugar and salt but also all sorts of other preservatives.
We've got a group of families together and we get stuff direct from Ceres.
Saves a lot of money instead of buying the same things from the supermarket.
We also grow a lot of our own veges and anything else is usually bought at the local markets on Saturday mornings.
CYaBro (73)
1394884 2015-02-25 18:33:00 Our section isn't really ideal for chooks here so we are looking at Japanese Quail instead as they are prolific layers too if only a bit on the small side and need a lot less room. gary67 (56)
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