Shopping organic, on a budget

Shopping organic, on a budget

 

Did you know that eating organic food averages 25% more nutritional value and about 1/3 more cancer-fighting antioxidants? 

 

Buying organic means a far more humane treatment of farm animals, also avoiding growth hormones & antibiotics.  As we know, the barriers for people buying organic usually comes down to cost ~ especially when you're shopping for a family, and even more so, a family on 1 income! 

 

Rosemary in my garden

Here are my tips for buying organic at an affordable price:

• Shop organic at a farmers’ market.  Visit www.farmersmarkets.org.au to help you find your local market.
• I shop at Paddy's Markets in the city and spend $60 per week on fruit and veg (that comes to 2 trolley loads & a market bag!).  For this price, I can buy more than enough for the week for 4 people, plus $3 parking.  I still come out ahead!

• Form a co-op and buy in bulk.  
• I have a group of friends that do this and take it in turns driving out to Flemington Markets.  This costs them $50 per fortnight with fruit & veg to last a family of 4!

• Purchase online at Aussie Farmers Direct www.aussiefarmers.com.au  
• Weekly home delivery for aound $50 per week  

• Grow it yourself.  I grow all my herbs, tomatoes and have citrus trees (lemon, lime, mandarin and oranges)

• Buy in season.  At the moment, this includes ….

 

 

Spend money on your food bill, not your doctors bill. You've all heard that saying before ~ well, live by it!

 

 

 Lemon Thyme out the back