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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When I was younger, my mom once asked me a question that really helps you understand yourself a bit better, and what your values are.

Although it may not seem so blatant and in-your-face, money is the currency of the experiences and material goods that we assign value to.

She asked me if I had a million dollars (yeah yeah, a cool million isn’t that much nowadays–can’t even buy a detached house in Vancouver for that, really), what would I spend it on?  Let’s play ‘pretend’ for a bit.

If you had a million dollars and could only concentrate it on ONE area below, what would you spend it on? (the other areas in your life would be lacklustre to say the least)

The options are:

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