This weekend, I have to finish moving our
I am so not looking forward to finishing up this moving process. I wish Matt were here to help me....but he's at state....they're doing really well, by the way.
I definitely got myself into this mess by convincing Matt to put off the cleaning and packing for a few days so we could spend more time together before he went to state. It's definitely my fault that I have a ridiculous amount to do....I just wish I could put it off a few more days....
Oh well.
Before I delve into cleaning, I'm going to Pilgrim's to buy groceries. I'm not buying all of our groceries, just some, 'cause that place is for yuppies who can spend $6.00 on a box of cereal. But I do like some of their stuff...especially their apples and milk.
I found this online recently...it's a list of items "they" say you should definitely buy organic:
1. Baby Foods: A 1995 report found 16 pesticides in approximately half the non-organic baby food samples.
2. Rice: In California, rice fields have been sprayed with so much pesticide that the groundwater has become contaminated.
3. Strawberries: 500 pounds of pesticide an acre is sprayed on non-organic strawberries.
4. Cereal grains: 90% of tested non-organic wheat cereals were found with pesticides according to a 1994 U.S. Food and Drug Administration report.
5. Corn products: Processed foods containing corn (e.g. popcorn and corn chips) were among the top 15 foods most likely to expose children to unsafe doses of organophosphate pesticides.
6. Bananas: Non-organic bananas from Central and South America are produced using benomyl (linked to birth defects) and chloropyrifos (neurotoxin).
7. Green Beans: A 1993 report found that 7 percent of the non-organic beans imported from Mexico contained residues of illegal pesticides.
8. Peaches: A recent US report stated that 5% of the non-organic peach crop was TOO contaminated for children to eat.
9. Apple juice: Non-organic apple juice ranks second highest for organophosphate residues.
10. Grapes and raisins: They very well may be the most pesticide polluted fruit in North America.
The end.
P.S. Isn't that blog title creative? Like a smorgosbord of thoughts in a blog....a smorgosblog...haha.
2 comments:
Loved the title. And I hear ya on the cleaning! We spent eleven hours cleaning our place yesterday, and that was with help. Weird how much time it takes to clean something you don't even think is dirty.
On organic foods... don't forget apples and milk, those are some of the worst. Hadn't heard that about bananas though! Fred Meyer is my favorite Pilgrims alternate, for what that is worth... they tend to put their organic stuff on sale cyclically and for much better prices.
oh good bloggin lady. you should have called us, we would help you clean!!! I am good at it. ;) I'd even bring my own vinegar and water.
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