How to go organic for less
To mark the start of Organic Fortnight Lesley Waters has created the guide ‘One Trolley, One week - a family guide to going organic’. It’s packed with tips and advice, and of course Lesley’s unmistakable flair for flavour.
Many people want to introduce organic food into their family’s diet but perceive it to be prohibitively expensive. Not all organic products cost a huge amount more that their non-organic equivalents. For example a family of four can make the switch to organic milk for less than a £1 a week, so it’s really worth it. Studies have also found that organic milk has much higher levels of omega-3 than non-organic milk. Switching to organic for less is simply a matter of being a little savvier about where we shop and the way we cook. Tips include shopping online, opting for an organic vegetable box and buying directly from suppliers which can often be cheaper than going through a supermarket, and you know that you are supporting local farmers.
The benefits of buying organic are plentiful. Produced according to certain standards crops are grown without the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers and animals are reared without the routine use of antibiotics. In basic terms it’s simply a less intensive and more natural approach to food production. And many of us swear that organic produce actually tastes better.
One Trolley, One Week - a Family Guide to Going Organic, is downloadable at www.omsco.co.uk It includes a shopping list of essentials, meal ideas and handy hints on cost-friendly ways to introduce organic produce to the family diet. I should say ’should be downloadable’ from the site; I can’t actually find it!
OMSCo is a cooperative of around 300 British farmers. It is the largest and longest established supplier of organic milk in the UK.
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