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