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How Much Does Eating Organic Cost?

How Much Does Eating Organic Cost?. Christine Selvy Jess Stehr Tyler Wood. Organic vs. Non-Organic. Organic food: Produced using environmentally sound methods Lack: P esticides and chemical fertilizers GMOs Are not processed using: Irradiation Industrial solvents

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How Much Does Eating Organic Cost?

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  1. How Much Does Eating Organic Cost? Christine Selvy Jess Stehr Tyler Wood

  2. Organic vs. Non-Organic • Organic food: • Produced using environmentally sound methods • Lack: • Pesticides and chemical fertilizers • GMOs • Are not processed using: • Irradiation • Industrial solvents • Chemical food additives

  3. How much does eating organic cost? • We each wrote down 11 items that we would typically buy when going to the grocery store. • We collaborated and determined which items between the three of us were the most common. • We went to Safeway in downtown Portland and compared prices of these items per unit (e.g. price per ounce/pound) and recorded them.

  4. Food Comparisons

  5. Food Comparison: Produce

  6. Food Comparison: Grains

  7. Food Comparison: Beverages

  8. Food Comparison: Protein

  9. Food Comparison: Overall Price

  10. Conclusion • In general, organic foods are more expensive to buy at the store. • One must take into consideration the resources used in the production and transportation of the food to the consumer • Non-organic foods are more likely to go on sale because of greater supply and demand. • The average income of the population inclines people to buy non-organic because of its cheapness. • Contributes to higher supply and demand of non-organics vs. organic

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