Organic Food vs "standard" food

[Lulu]

I personally think that the taste of 'supermarket' fruit and vege has very little to do with whether it is organic or not and more to do with the fact that everything is harvested well before it is ripe and kept in cold storage for months before being sold.

I agree.

You you guys have any Farmers Markets around you can go to? Maybe get a Co-op organised and do a trip to the country each fortnight or so?

[Trillian]

Kitt3n, it might be worth looking into getting a few small fruit trees that are seasonal and growing them in pots, that way you can plan it out so you have something different coming into season all the time. We've got lemons out the wa-zoo ATM, plus the IL's have loads of mandy's on their tree. We've eaten the oranges already though as the tree didn't do so well this year. In summer we will have all our stone fruit - nectarines, peaches and apricots. Organic or not (we do spray for pests on our home grown stuff if it needs it) it still tastes great when you pick fruit straight from the tree that is perfectly ripe.