Organic Priorities for Baby

I recently had an interesting conversation with a mom and grandmother who made wonderful organic baby bedding and blankets about ‘why organic’ and she felt very strongly that, when prioritizing what to buy that is organic, to start with food. Anything that you can do is of course beneficial to your baby and the environment, but when looking at what will be of the most benefit, food is it.

So, when prioritizing which food is most important to go organic with, which is most beneficial? The Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) lists the 12 fruits and vegetables with the highest amount of pesticide residues and the 12 with the lowest. The 12 highest (focus on these first): peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, imported grapes, pears, spinach, and potatoes.

The 12 with the lowest residues: onions, avocado, frozen sweet corn, pineapples, mangoes, frozen sweet peas, asparagus, kiwi, bananas, cabbage, broccoli, and eggplant.
Check out http://www.foodnews.org/ for a list from the EWG of 43 fruits and veggies.

So why buy organic clothes? Lots of reasons that I’ll focus on in my next blog entry.