Buy Organic:

Your healthiest food choices are organic. They are nutritionally superior to commercial produce and lowest in chemicals and toxicity.  To save money, shop organic at your local farmers’ markets. You can locate them at www.farmernet.com.  Foodnews.org has tested food and found the list below to be the highest in pesticides. If you can’t find these organic, choose something else.  The high pesticide list includes: apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, hot peppers, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach, and strawberries.  The foods testing the lowest in pesticides are: asparagus, avocado, bananas, blueberries, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, grapefruit, kiwi fruit, mangoes, okra, onions, papaya, pineapples, plantains, plums, radishes and watermelon.