Why I Buy Organic — A Frugal Mom’s Point of View

Hi! My name is Valerie and I live in PA with my husband and our two young kids. We live a very frugal lifestyle with no cable, no smart phones, and LOTS of coupons. I would say the “frugal” lifestyle, and the “green” lifestyle go together rather nicely about 90% of the time. [...]

Price vs. Cost and the True Value of Organic

Whenever I’m at a social gathering, and go on a friendly rant about the harms posed by chemical/conventional agriculture, and the overwhelming virtues of organic food and farming, someone will invariably bring up the “P” word. That’s “p” as in price.

“Hey, organic is great,” they’ll agree. “But it just costs so [...]