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Shopping organic, on a budget

by Alison
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22 May 2013  |  3 Comments


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!
Some greens from Paddy's Markets  approx $5 worth in this pic (inc the spinach to the right of the shot)
  • 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!
  • Grow it yourself.  I grow all my herbs, tomatoes and have citrus trees (lemon, lime, mandarin and oranges)
 
A mixture of limes, lemons, 1 orange & mandarines from the citrus trees out the back.  
2 weeks of pickings.  Still so much more to come!
The citrus trees are planted in pots, in inner Sydney.
  • Buy in season.  At the moment, this includes ….
Apples Citrus Kiwifruit
Pears Beans Broccoli
Capsicum Cauliflower Chillies
Pumpkin Chinese Cabbage Mushrooms
Tomatoes White Turnips  Rhubarb

 

 

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

 

 

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