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Jo-Lynne I have recently started eating "clean" and I have been buying organic produce and dairy. I find that often the organic produce is not as fresh as the locally grown conventional produce at my nearby farm market, so I often opt for that instead. What are your thoughts on how local and fresh and conventional compares to organic and shipped in from afar.
Also. Why are so many organic milk products "ultra pasteurized"? From what I understand, these are heated to unnecessarily high temperatures. Why not just pasteurized?
I hope to be here for the chat at 1. If I can't manage it, I'll check in afterwards. Thanks for being available for this!
over 2 years ago - Comment
Clarice Great questions. I see that too sometimes.
over 2 years ago
MyraGoodman I find that freshness and quality of local vs. shipped from afar depends on the item. It's really hard to get a good vine-ripened tomato or tree-ripened fruit in the supermarket because that stuff has to be picked green so it has enough of a shelf life. I think products like our salad greens that are washed, refrigerated and packaged within hours of harvest do usually maintain great shelf life, sometimes, more than something you buy locally.
over 2 years ago
Jo-Lynne Good point on the salad greens. I'm thinking more of things like broccoli and green beans and apples and peaches and berries.
over 2 years ago