What is Organic food, well Organic foods are foods that are supposed to be raised in an organic, natural fashion with out any type of GMO or Genetically Modified Organisms in it. Key words: All natural.
For years my sister would preach to me about eating healthier and more natural food. I kid you not, all I would hear is organic this and organic that. It was rubbish to me at the time, because I am a typical consumer who is out for taste rather than nutritional content. Of course years later I ran into a YouTube video a friend had posted on Facebook, and it kind of opened my eyes a little bit. It was not a life changing event, but rather a small eye opener. So I went into a mini quest and decided I will give this organic trend a try. So I Googled “Organic supermarket” and I really could not find too many stores in my area that would fit the description of what I envisioned an Organic supermarket to look like. I did find a Chamberlins and to me that was the closest I found in my area. Please forgive if I missed out on a few, I am still a noob in the Organic food marketplace.
I spent almost 20 minutes talking to a store employee about the subject and she pretty much gave me a quick spiel on the benefits of eating Organic foods. Now for those not familiar with the subject, I do apologize for bypassing the whole part of where I am supposed to be your wikipedia and explain why people would rather eat Organic food than the other options. Play around on the search engines and on YouTube and figure out why. This article I guess is intended for the folks that have already gotten past that stage lol.
What it boiled down for me was, cost. Cost, cost and more cost. I now understand the cost structure and why it is priced higher than normal food. More work, higher feed cost, and even cost of operations is associated with running an old fashioned farm operation and this means more workers and eventually it boils down to more cost for the farmer. The farmer has no choice but to raise the price of his product in order to sustain his business. Most dedicated Organic consumers, may not have a problem paying that higher price. They are paying for quality in my opinion a higher quality product. The same logic goes to cars and say laptops. You want a good laptop you fork out dinero to buy one, compared to say if you were buying a lower end model.
So is there a brighter side to this cost story……nope. That’s all folks. For the near future, I do not see Organic products competing with their Non-Organic counterparts on the price side. Ok maybe in some rare instances but for the most part no. However what if you were able to save money on some of these products and lower your monthly Organic food bill?
Yes there is a way, and not for every product but if you look hard enough you may be able to use the internet to find the proper organic products. One way of possibly finding good deals is using a search engine like Google to find your products online. Using Google I was able to find a website called Shop Organic where I was able to find good deals on different types of products. The key in my opinion would be to buy multiple items at once in order to offset or justify the shipping cost.
Overall if you are having trouble finding the right type of sight, then hit the free market. Try out Amazon where if you are sharp enough and figure how to tweek the filters on the search option you may be able to find several different stores offering the same product.The advantage to this is that the different shop owners may compete for your sale by beating out their competitor and offering the lowest price. The beauty of supply and demand.
If you are Organicurious (New word alert lol, I think) and not ready to commit to the life style, but are a little curious about the different Organic foods out there… than I would suggest trying out a subscription service. A subscription service like Conscious Box would allow you to pay a monthly subscription as low as $6.95 a month and that would allow you to get around 6 to 8 Organic products a month delivered in your mailbox every month. It is like receiving samples of different products every month and allowing you to discover the different offerings out there. Another worthwhile mention is NatureBox that provides a similar service.
Now here is a mind blowing idea I bet most folks have never considered. Buy directly from the farm or farmer it self. Check out Local Harvest and enter your zip code to find local vendors and farmers with whom you can purchase directly from. If you know me personally, then you know I support the small business owner. I support the little guy and local business because I have found that these local store owners play a critical part of our local economy. So I am not advocating avoiding the big box retailers, however every now and then you should support the local mom n pop shops. You might be surprised at some of the awesome foods you may find, plus it might just taste better. The picture that I posted is actually Organic beet sugar. Natural sugar derived from beets, and in most people might not be able to tell the difference. Yes I said beet sugar and it goes good with my coffee. Thank you for reading this.
Sincerely,
Kedesh
Hypeorlando Blogger
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