Lately I have been choosing to buy organic foods whenever I can.  The Bisphosphenol A (BPA) scare really got to me (90% of Canadians between 6 to 79 have this chemical in our blood) as it can wreck havoc on your fertility and has been linked to certain cancers. With the increased pesticide use on crops, I have been more wary of the food that goes into our bodies.

Organic foods taste better and are better for your health.  Organic groceries don’t have chemicals sprayed on them to make them last longer.  Organic meat is free of growth hormones and antibiotics (no wonder there are these things called “superbugs” in our hospitals that can’t be killed by antibiotics- we’re all eating antibiotics without even knowing it).   A few years ago, King of the Hill even did an episode where Hank fell in love with the organic steaks and joined a local Co-Op.  Organic is tastes better, is better for you, but is not necessarily better for your budget.

More often than not, buying organic can mean paying double the price for something that isn’t organic.  There are certain things that you should buy organic, and things that you don’t need to fuss too much about (like organic bananas).

Here are a few tips that can help you save some money when buying organic.

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The Wealthy Barber

By David Chilton

The Wealthy Barber was lent to me by a friend who wasn’t very keen on financial planning (her boyfriend gave it to her)- she hadn’t finished yet. So I borrowed it.

It’s an easy read. It’s an older book (published 1995) but it’s very relevant… timeless! It’s kind of a page turner in a way- you want to find out what Roy says next, or what happens next to the characters in the book… I guess it’s like the Harry Potter or Twilight of financial planning. Somehow the author manages to pack in everything you need to know about finances (wills, RRSPs, insurance etc) into this neat storyline.

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