True that, the more processed it is, the cheaper it is. I've never understood that either. I can buy a loaf of white bread for $1.25 but whole grain, easily 3 or 4 bucks a loaf. I will never understand that.

However, if you have a Trader Joe's near you, you can check it out. They have many organic, minimally processed, non-chemical filled stuff for really good prices, comparable if not cheaper than most grocery stores.

cost more and don't think it is really any better for you, would be better if you grew your own food when possible, organic, lol, fertilized with cow dung and migrant worker waste. Mmmmm, better wash it extra well and cook the crap out of it.

I would love to go more organic in my grocery shopping, but it seems like all the organic stuff is so much more expensive. I really don't understand why since if there are no pesticides, steroids, growth factors, and chemicals used I would think it should be cheaper to produce. If anyone can explain that to me, please do. It seems that the more healthy a food is, the more it costs. The flip side is that you can buy a bag or cheese burgers from McD for under $5......no wonder there is such an obesity problem.

The cost and, more importantly, unless you know the grower, you don't know for sure that's it's truly organic. The standards are not particularly stringent and many places claim to be organic, when in actuality, they're not so much. Also, if the neighboring farms and surrounding areas are not organic, then many of those chemicals, etc seep into the soil and ground water, which could affect the "organic" quality of said organic grower. I just don't have the time or energy to try to figure it out. Hopefully, as it becomes more common, these problems will resolve themselves.