this one is for you Jen... :)

So at lunch with the sweetest group of mommies a girl could ever know...the topic of food/shopping came up. Miss Jen found a bug in her strawberries... and has been in trauma ever since. When I jumped into the conversation mid-stream I said... "i'm usually kinda happy when I find buggy things in my produce. it assures me that there aren't so soaked in pesticides...." I guess I missed the point of the "story"... that it is kinda un-nerving to find a large BLACK bug in a freshly purchased box of berries. I did have to follow the comment up with, I prefer to find bugs that I would imagine seeing in the FIELD of growing strawberries... not a bug that came from a dirty truck, or other handling situation.

This brought up the topic of pesticides and the myriad of toxic stuff that is on our produce especially... and the "dirty produce list" I pulled out of my wallet. So... as promised, I am posting the list of dirtiest and cleanest produce...

These are the BEST produce to buy at any store, not necessarily organic:
1.Onions
2. Avacados
3. Sweet Corn
4.Pineapples
5. Mango
6. Asparagus
7. Sweet Peas (frozen)
8. kiwi fruit
9. Banana
10. Cabbage
11. Broccoli
12. Papaya

These are the WORST, contain the highest levels of pesticides and would be produce options you might want to consider purchasing organic or from other sources that don't use much/any pesticides:
1. Peaches
2. Apples
3. Sweet Bell Peppers
4. Celery
5. Nectarines
6. Strawberries
7. Cherries
8. Pears
9. Grapes (imported)
10. Spinach
11. Lettuce
12. Potoates

happy shopping girls!! :)