How to Get the Best Quality Food

 

Dirty dozen

Foods tested to have the highest amount of pesticide residue

The fruits and vegetables on EWG’s Dirty Dozen for this year are:

  1. Strawberries
    2. Spinach
    3. Kale, collard, and mustard greens
    4. Peaches
    5. Pears
    6. Nectarines
    7. Apples
    8. Grapes
    9. Bell and hot Peppers
    10. Cherries
    11. Blueberries
    12. Green Beans

Cleanest in terms of pesticide residue

Clean 15:

  1. Avocados
    2. Sweet corn*
    3. Pineapple
    4. Onions
    5. Papaya*
    6. Sweet peas (frozen)
    7. Asparagus
    8. Honeydew melon
    9. Kiwi
    10. Cabbage
    11. Mushrooms
    12. Mangoes
    13. Sweet Potatoes
    14. Watermelon
    15. Carrots

 

Where to buy Alaskan salmon, cod and halibut:

Smartsourceseafood.com

They are the real deal – I’ve been on their boat!

 

Eggs – organic, pasture raised (not to be confused with pasteurized) pasture raised means the chicken spend time outdoors to scratch for insects (their preferred food)

Meat and poultry should be pasture raised and organic (unless you know the rancher/ farm).

Organic Poultry: Not giving antibiotics to animals raised for meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs is one of the many requirements that food producers must meet to use the Department of Agriculture’s organic seal on their products. One exception: Chickens and turkeys can be given antibiotics in the hatchery while the chick is still in the egg and on its first day of life. But if you also see a “raised without antibiotics” claim on a chicken or turkey product in addition to the USDA organic label, it means antibiotics were not used at any point, even in the hatcheries. Food producers that use the organic seal undergo annual on-farm inspections, so the claim is verified

— Consumer Report