Although many of us eat organic fruits and veggies to get away from pesticides and herbicides that may have left residue on that tasty mango or tomato, did you know that there are more reasons to buy and eat organic?

The nutrient content of many farms (if they can be called that) was depleted long ago and there are an abundance of normal, everyday grocery store fruits and vegetables that simply taste great, but have little to no nutrients to offer. Remember, if the soil in which things are grown is depleted of nutrients, the things growing in that soil will be devoid of nutrients as well.

How about organically grown tomatoes? Recent research that compared conventional and organic foods found that there was a much larger amount of flavonoids in organic tomatoes than in conventional tomatoes. Sounds about right to me. Is organic worth the price premium? It is from my corner.