Organic fruits and vegetables are raised by healthier methods,
using no chemical and pesticides. The problem with pesticides is
that children, pound for pound, eat more bananas and drink more
apple juice than adults. This means that if a certain amount of
pesticide has been deemed safe for a 150 pound adult, it
probably isn’t safe for a 35 pound child. Very few adults drink
apple juice or eat bananas with the fervor of toddlers. When
children drink a quart of apple juice in a day and eat at least
one banana, they’re ingesting, pound for pound, more poison in
their food during the years when they have the least tolerance.
Unfortunately, because less organic food is grown and marketed,
the prices are somewhat higher. There was a time when you could
only buy organically-grown foods in health food stores. Today,
little by little, supermarkets are devoting a few precious feet
of produce space to this important health product. We need to
make ourselves heard at the grocery store. Where customers
create a demand, pr