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	The Cost of an Organic Thanksgiving

Rebecca Ruiz

11-24-2008 11:32 AM

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There's no conclusive evidence to support the idea that organic food is healthier for you than non-organic alternatives. But if you were thinking of choosing organic for this Thanksgiving, take a look at the breakdown of costs, courtesy of SmartMoney.com (and the Well blog at NYT.com).

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1491b1b0-e7d4-4a3d-8518-590d914b7d54/FAA2877B-0B31-447B-B6A5-3DEE8C4B0D4B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp" href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp" style="font-size: 11px;">well.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp">Most people know that eating organic costs more. But according to <A href="http://www.smartmoney.com">SmartMoney.com</A>, Thanksgiving diners may pay as much as $100 extra for an organic holiday meal.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp">“Overall, the organic version of our turkey-day menu for eight people — including dinner rolls, a salad and three bottles of organic wine — totaled $295.36. That puts the organic premium for the meal at $126.35, or 75 percent, compared with the same shopping list filled with nonorganic options,” wrote SmartMoney.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp"><P>Here’s a sample comparing the prices of organic and nonorganic Thanksgiving foods.<SPAN id="more-553"></SPAN></p> <UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Turkey (20 pounds) $99.80 vs. $23.80</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Vanilla ice cream (3 quarts) $21.87 vs. $15.98</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Yams (5 lbs.) $9.95 vs. $3.95</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Broccoli (2 lbs.) $5.98 vs. $3.98</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Heavy whipping cream (2 pints) $5.58 vs. $4.00</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">2 cans of pumpkin filling $5.00 vs. $3.19</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">1 bag cranberries $4.99 vs. $2.49
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/paying-extra-for-an-organic-thankgsiving/?hp">So is it worth it? Health experts are divided on whether consumers derive any real health benefits by choosing organic foods.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FAA2877B-0B31-447B-B6A5-3DEE8C4B0D4B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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