The Price Difference

I’ve noticed a lot of organic foods are more expensive than their non-organic counterparts. Is it worth it to buy all organic if you have to sacrifice other things in order to be able to do it? Does anyone find themselves doing this?

Thing is that organic production is more expensive.. smaller crops and more labour intensive, plus more chances of crop failure or low yield as the usual protections are not used… then the big supermarkets, who now know that people will pay more for organice goods, so that they feel good about ‘doing their bit’ jack up the prices further..

It’s the healthier choice usually and a link asserts that. Whether it suits everyone’s pocket is another matter. Personally I like locally grown produce and that’s about the closest my purse strings can allow right now apart from the occasional organic purchase.

I was paying the price difference but now with the prices of everything else going up I have found myself cutting back on some of the organic products. Just don’t have the extra money.

recent EU study>link asserts that. Whether it suits everyone’s pocket is another matter. Personally I like locally grown produce and that’s about the closest my purse strings can allow right now apart from the occasional organic purchase.

I choose locally grown where possible, I like to support my local farm shop and farmers markets because you have some idea of where the food is from and how it is raised. Some of the organic stuff in the supermarket has travelled so far that it isn’t really fresh and I feel concerned about the food miles.

I purchase organic products occasionally but the price can often be a deterrent. In the case of local produce though, I’ve found that in many cases it’s actually cheaper but just requires a little extra effort.

Believe it or not, the price of organics is much less than it used to be:eek:!
That doesn’t help the purse-strings right now, but the price will get less and less as it becomes more known and popular.
This time of year, where I live, is when the farmers come and set up up and down the main highway of our town. Lots of luscious organics, cheaper price, and the farmers can be really interesting talking to. Farmer’s markets seem to be popping up in the major cities, hope there’s one near you.

For sure. The good thing at least is that with time we can count on cheaper prices for quality food. The farmer’s markets really are fantastic though and they’re almost enough to keep my happy for now.

THere is a farmers market down te road from me every sunday morning and we try to shop there. I try to buy locally more than organically most of the time. Organic bananas are still organically grown a zillion miles away and have to be transported over.. whereas coxs orange pippin apples are grown right here in my own neighbourhood! Sometimes you have to weigh the ‘organic’ against the carbon footprint… I think i am helping the environment more by not buying something that has had to be shipped across the world…

I love the local farmers markets. I have found prices there are cheaper at times also. I think that they tend to have better sales on their produce.

well..we all have to pay the price for the organic food but I am sure as more nd more people start buying organic…more n more farmers will grow them and then automatically the prices will reduce when their is abundance of organic food….i am fantisizing all this will surely happen…:)

Apart from cheaper, tater03 i’ve also found that it is fresher and keeps longer than the sanitised pasturised plastic packaged gumph in the supermarkets.

It is the price that keeps me from purchasing organic as a regular practice. I just can’t afford it; I wish I could.

We buy many organic items, especially produce. We do save a lot though because we belong to a local food co-op that grows all the produce locally and organically. Produce is delivered once a week and this lasts my family all week.