Feeding a family: conventional or organic?

Question

Say you are a mother and you have four kids. One is 16, the other three are 20, 21, and 23. All of them are still living at home.

Now you only have a set amount of money to spend on groceries every week and it's not much. All of your kids except the oldest, your 23 yr old son, are students so they don't work. Your son was raised with the help of your mother and never learned to equally participate in cleaning, cooking, helping out with dinner (things girls are usually expected to do).

So do you buy only conventional which is cheaper at your local store and are able to have 80% of the food needed for a good filling diet for your kids?
Or do you only buy organic which has less pesticides and chemicals and have 50% of the food needed for a good filling diet for your kids?
Or do you do both and have 65% of the food needed?

*its not 100% for any of the choices because you are just stubborn about a grocery budget and feel like you don't want to spend more than what is "necessary".

Accepted Answer

*You tell your 23yr old to get a job and buy his own groceries especially if he is being cooked for and cleaned up after as well.

Answer

Organic is a scam, don't waste your money.

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The type of food this mother buys is the least of her problems. She has 3 grown ass adults living at home still and no one contributing.

Kick them out!! Or let them fly the nest. They need to be on their own learning at this age. Otherwise they will be fucked for the future.

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They can get jobs to contribute to food. They can work part time to help, although school is a lot of work they can go get a work study job or a job on campus that will work with their school schedule, you're already helping so much by letting them live at home.

My husband and I pay all of our own bills and go to school (not me right now because my health won't allow it)

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Kick your grown kids out of your house or have them Chip in

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Organic is obviously better but both works too! There are some grocery stores that have healthier food but they aren't more expensive (Trader Joes and lots of super markets that sell locally grown crops). My only comment that you can choose to ignore is that they shouldn't have to know how to cook and clean because they are girls, but because they are human beings 💗

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Hah!
When I was in school I was required to have a job as well. AND pull my weight at home. 
So... This person needs to kick her sons in the @ss and tell them to earn their own food or they're out.

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Organic isn't that different from conventional 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 you're paying for the word organic. If you want organic in the context most people think about it, you have to grow it yourself, sincerely, someone that used to work on an organic farm.

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Lol every kid would have a job first off. Secondly, I try to buy local-grown 1st. The labels don't have much weight with me. Lastly, you can go online and see where to put your dollars (organically) when you can't afford to go all-organic.

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Tell all the adult children to get a job and pitch in. Student or not you can have a part time job. I've had a job since I was 16 and in school. Sorry but they're adults now they can help. Also you buy whatever you feel is best. Organic is great but I don't buy everything organic.

Feeding a family: conventional or organic?

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