The Beauty Of Buying Organic

Overall, everybody wins with organic foods. They're free of the toxic chemicals - pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides - that can poison you and your family, and pollute our water, choke our air, and contaminate our soil. Organic farmers help conserve water, reduce soil erosion, and improve energy efficiency. And because there's no runoff of pollutants into streams and rivers, the fish, plants, and small animals in the impacted areas are free to thrive and flourish. 

Cost-Saving Tips
Organic foods - fruits, veggies, and meats - are natural foods, which means no growth hormones, antibiotics, or genetic modification. These foods that are so rich in vital nutrients, vitamins, and minerals shouldn't be exclusively available to affluent people. We can all benefit from an organic diet and it can be affordable if you know how to shop.

A lot of organic foods have become mainstream staples in grocery food chains, but they're often too expensive for cost-conscious families. With a little time and effort, you can have the best of both worlds fresh, organic foods at prices you can afford.

l. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
Doing a little online research about organic products available in your community can save wear and tear on your tires, your gas tank, your wallet, and your nerves. Even some road-side stands have websites. Search for organic goods online first, compare prices, make your list, and gear up to shop smarter, and more economically. And if what your'e hankering for isn't locally available, order it online.

2. Made In The USA Means CSA
There's a thriving network of CSAs - Community Supported Agriculture programs - all over the country. In the spring, you can buy in for 200 to 400 dollars, and spend the summer enjoying your share of organic goodies over the course of a 12 to 26-week growing season, depending on where you live. I joined one in Georgia a couple of years ago, and noshed on everything from purple okra to golden grape tomatoes, and I learned a dozen new recipes and cooking techniques along the way.

3. Shop Around The Corner
Even in big cities, locally grown produce is available at farmers markets. You'll find fresh, organic, regional fruits and veggies at reasonable prices, as well as locally made canned goods - preserves, pickles, relishes, jams, jellies, chutneys, salsas, and other nutritional delights. And often as the season progresses, the prices drop. So buy as much as you can, eat all you can this summer, and store the rest by canning, preserving, or freezing the rest yourself.

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Founder Ray Spotts has a passion for all things natural and has made a life study of nature as it relates to health and well-being. Ray became a forerunner bringing products to market that are extraordinarily effective and free from potentially harmful chemicals and additives. For this reason Ray formed Trusted Health Products, a company you can trust for clean, effective, and healthy products. Ray is an organic gardener, likes fishing, hiking, and teaching and mentoring people to start new businesses. You can get his book for free, “How To Succeed In Business Based On God’s Word,” at www.rayspotts.com.