Fruits and Veggies: Clean 15 vs. Dirty Dozen

When you head out to the grocery store this week for fruits and veggies make notes on your shopping list of the items below that are from the "dirty dozen".  We should purchase them organically if possible.  The "Clean 15" are okay to purchase regardless if they are labeled organic or not.

EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce 

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

Dirty Dozen

Buy these organic

Apples

Celery

Strawberries

Peaches

Spinach

Nectarines
– imported

Grapes – imported

Sweet bell peppers

Potatoes

Blueberries
– domestic

Lettuce

Kale/collard greens

 

Clean 15

Lowest in Pesticide

Onions

Sweet Corn

Pineapples

Avocado

Asparagus

Sweet peas

Mangoes

Eggplant

Cantaloupe
- domestic

Kiwi

Cabbage

Watermelon

Sweet potatoes

Grapefruit

Mushrooms

 

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