15 Fruits and Vegetables You Don’t Have to Buy Organic

Andres Spagarino — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:17:11 +0000

Who knows how many people out there would be buying only organic fruits and veggies if it just wasn’t so much more expensive? I don’t know, but I certainly would make more of an effort to be exclusively organic if the prices were at least a little closer to non-organics. I would love to be all-organic, but not only is it more expensive, its also a big pain to find everything we need organic in one store. So, asides from paying more for the priviledge of being all-organic, I would also end up spending a lot more time (and gas) to stock up on all the organic goodies.

As if they could read my mind, my friends at TheDailyGreen came up with a handy-dandy list of the top 15 fruits and vegetables that it’s “okay” to buy non-organic. Not only do they provide the list, but they also provide us with the reasons these 15 fruits and veggies are safe in their non-organic form and they provide some yummy recipes.

The Clean 15, as they call them, are:

Onion, Avocado, Sweet Corn, Pineapple, Mango, Asparagus, Sweet Peas, Kiwi, Cabbage, Eggplant, Papaya, Watermelon, Broccoli, Tomato, and Sweet Potato.

On the flip side, TheDailyGreen also has the list of the Dirty Dozen - the top foods you need to buy organic. No big surprises here, but if you’re like me, I like being reminded and I particularly like lists.

The Dirty Dozen are:

Meat, Milk, Coffee, Peaches, Apples, Sweet Bell Peppers, Celery, Nectarines, Strawberries, Cherries, Kale, Leafy Greens, Grapes, Carrots, Pears, Potatoes, and Tomatoes.

OK. So that’s way more than 12 foods. I think they couldn’t find a snappy name for a list of 17 items, at least not a name as good as the Dirty Dozen.

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15 Fruits and Vegetables You Don’t Have to Buy Organic