Amy's Kitchen

Which fruits and vegetables should you buy organic?

meera's picture
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I found this neat site online which ranks the amount of pesticide residue found in some favorite produce items.  You can use this list to better understand which fruits are essential to buy organic (apples and peaches!!), and which ones you can get away with eating non-organic.

http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php     Check it out!

Its a shame, because i love donut peaches and we almost never find them organically grown. 

what about blueberries? does anyone know about this fruit?  someone told me that blueberries dont attract a lot of bugs, so they don't need to be sprayed as much as other fruits...therefore non-organic is okay.  i love blueberries but it kills me to pay $5 for a teeny tiny box, when i could get two pounds for the same money.

 

maverick's picture

blueberries are actually listed in the article you mention with a score of 24, which is relatively low on the scale.

i'm glad to see that mangoes score only a 9 - i have never seen organic mangoes at my local grocers.

maverick

meera's picture

oops, guess i should be wearing my glasses! 

thanks!