Organic Food vs. Junk food

I was standing in the organic section of the grocery store looking at what biscuits they had to offer to give as a treat to my son. On the one hand I was amazed at the expanding range that you could get, this to me shows a movement in better quality of produce, but on the other hand I was a little disappointed at how much you had to spend to get quality biscuits. For a former stay at home mum who use to be on the benefit and who is also a student, this is very unfair to have to pay that much so that my son can get to eat biscuits that are healthier and of organic produce. These biscuits were nearly 7 dollars, I also noticed that Scarborough Fair had a new chocolate out; it was organic, so had been put in that section and it was $6:95 dollars for a block.

As much as someone might want to do the right thing by buying products that are organic and fair trade, it becomes difficult when you have mouths to feed and so little money. The only alternative is to buy what’s cheaper and usually they are full of unnecessary things that just shouldn’t be in our food, where organic or made from natural doesn’t. It seems unfair that this is the option for most people, why should some children be given a better quality than others and as we step outside of our own Country, it just gets worse for children who don’t even have this option.


I brought the biscuits, and I will probably at some stage buy the fair trade organic chocolate too, why? Because it gives me peace of mind to know my son has the best choice in food and because I want to support Fair Trade and do what is right.