| I recently had cause, to pause, and began to | | | | the many different ways we spend money, and |
| wonder if the choice to NOT eat organic food is | | | | the justifications we use to support our choices, |
| REALLY about the cost......or is it something else? | | | | it's irrational, even borderline crazy! |
| IS IT REALLY ABOUT THE COST OF EATING | | | | We are willing to pay a lot of money for things |
| ORGANIC FOOD? | | | | that offer us instant gratification, or that we |
| Eating organic food doesn't COST us time. It | | | | convince ourselves are good for us and our |
| doesn't force us to compromise time we could be | | | | families. But when it comes to spending a few |
| spending with our families. It doesn't dictate when | | | | more dollars per month on eating organic food, |
| we get up, when we eat lunch, when we go | | | | many people look the other way and can't seem |
| home, or what we do on any particular day of | | | | to find the justification in it. Many people simply |
| the week. Let's say, for example, like a J-O-B | | | | use the "excuse"'.."we can't afford it". |
| does. But think about the lengths we go to get a | | | | Are we taking responsibility for our own health |
| job, or keep a job. Think about the daily sacrifices | | | | and well being? Are we teaching our children how |
| and long-term compromises we make relative to | | | | to make healthier choices for a lifetime, or are we |
| a job. | | | | teaching them how to make choices for the |
| Yes, we need jobs to provide for our families. But | | | | moment, in the moment, without any regard for |
| we also need our health to be able to go to those | | | | their future? And not only the future of their own |
| jobs and continue providing for our families for | | | | health, but the future of their environment; the |
| many years to come. | | | | world they will live in for years to come? Have |
| Eating organic food simply costs us "dirty paper"; | | | | we become so self-serving that we are incapable |
| which we call "money". When we choose to buy | | | | of thinking about the world around us and our |
| organic food, over conventional food, we make | | | | responsibility to it? |
| the choice to exchange money for healthy, | | | | So is it really about the COST of eating organic |
| wholesome, chemical free food that nourishes our | | | | food, or is it about the compromises and the |
| body and, in return, we get better health, longer | | | | responsibilities we must all make and take? |
| life and a TRUE sense of well being. | | | | Or are we really saying we don't want to spend |
| We exchange that same dirty paper for many | | | | money on organic food, because there is no |
| other things, and what do we REALLY get back | | | | instant gratification and it requires us to sacrifice |
| in return? | | | | other things that we are not willing to give up? |
| * A fancy house. | | | | The question then becomes, are we willing to DO |
| * Nice furniture. | | | | MORE for ourselves and our families health and |
| * Designer clothes. | | | | well being? Are we willing to eliminate even some |
| * Luxury vehicles. | | | | of the excess and some of the non-beneficial |
| * Exotic vacations. | | | | things in our lives for a lifetime of results? |
| * The latest and greatest in technologies and | | | | Believe me, I do not stand here in judgment of |
| gadgets. | | | | anyone! There is definitely more I can do for |
| * Fast food. | | | | myself, and my family. There are still many ways |
| With the exception of the last item listed above, | | | | in which we can take even more responsibility for |
| some might argue that these things improve the | | | | ourselves, and the environment. |
| quality of their lives. That's fine. But how | | | | But I am convinced it all starts with the way in |
| substantial is that "quality of life" and how valuable | | | | which we think. |
| are these "material things" if you have poor | | | | If we think spending more on organic food is |
| health? | | | | costly, then it will be. It will cost you something, |
| It is strongly suggested that the hormones in | | | | whether it's in dollars or lack of convenience, or |
| conventional foods are causing our kids to reach | | | | time, or effort. |
| puberty years earlier, which as we all know, is not | | | | But if we think healthy. And we honestly examine |
| a natural thing and creates a whole host of issues. | | | | the ways in which we spend the monies we have |
| It is a scientific fact that there are chemicals and | | | | now, on a day-to-day, month-to-month basis, I |
| toxins and even cancer causing ingredients in | | | | KNOW we can all do more with that money. The |
| non-organic varieties of foods and beverages we | | | | cost of eating organic food becomes an issue of |
| consume regularly. | | | | what it costs us to NOT eat organic foods. |
| There's no arguing that there are many products | | | | We can all AFFORD to create a healthier life and |
| we use daily that are polluting our air and water, | | | | teach our kids to make healthier choices that will |
| slowly but surely, destroying the environment we | | | | yield everyone bigger and better results for a |
| live in. | | | | lifetime. |
| Yet, every day, we make choices that not only | | | | I encourage you to take a moment and as |
| don't support our health and well being, but | | | | yourself'..is it REALLY about the COST of organic |
| actually harm us on a very regular basis. And the | | | | food? It could be your family's first step towards |
| EXCUSE we use is "COST". | | | | making small changes that can grow into a lifetime |
| It struck me that when we really THINK about all | | | | of better choices and improved health. |