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Bright Sparks, I also serve mostly organic produce and sometimes organic breads, bagels, nacho chips, rice, pasta, etc. But I draw the line when the prices are too expensive for me. I advertise myself as a PARTIALLY organic daycare and make no promises. Can you do that? For instance, I'm not going to pay $4 for a green pepper! But the parents know that all my food is cooked from scratch, very little is prepackaged (breads), so they are all happy and I don't have to explain what is and what isn't organic.

[bright sparks]

Bright Sparks, I also serve mostly organic produce and sometimes organic breads, bagels, nacho chips, rice, pasta, etc. But I draw the line when the prices are too expensive for me. I advertise myself as a PARTIALLY organic daycare and make no promises. Can you do that? For instance, I'm not going to pay $4 for a green pepper! But the parents know that all my food is cooked from scratch, very little is prepackaged (breads), so they are all happy and I don't have to explain what is and what isn't organic.

This is pretty much what I changed it to when I took on my last lot, so November to now. I state on my website that all food served is Organic and ABF when available and nothing processed. When I am face to face I also explain that sometimes especially in the winter that organic produce is so much more expensive so then I will limit my organic purchases using my best judgement....followi ng the dirty dozen list. For example, in the summer we have lots of variety but in the winter months I will end up just buying more of the same fruit for the week because it was on sale bringing the cost to the regular summer pricing. I think if I was to eliminate organic all together then I'd see a saving but otherwise not enough to make me see more than a few dollars a month. Non organic goes against the grain with me. It's not a fad or something to be taken lightly like some people think. Once you are educated on the goings on of conventional food and how it's grown or how the animal is raised, and you learn the devastating impact this can have on the body, most people with any sense change their tune. I obviously could continue feeding my family organic and just change the daycare food but it will take some adjusting my mentality but if that's what it takes, I can still try my best to buy the best quality conventional product and seek out the organic sales that price both options as equal.