Healthy tips fo organic food to people

 Frozen Vegetable Simple saver If your finances are stretched but you want to eat as much organicfood as possible, stick to fruit and veg first and foremost,advises the Beyond Baked Beans which promotes cheap healthy food for those on a budget. And for the best value, only eat fruit and that are in season (iethose that are grown in the UK). If you're hankering after organicstrawberries in winter, you are going to pay through the nose forthem as they are imported from abroad. The cost of flying goods in from far-flung destinations will end upbeing passed on to you, and then there's the "un-green" cost of theextra environmental damage caused by the food being imported. Organic food can cost up to 50% more in the case of early(non-British) summer fruit and vegetables. In the same vein as sticking to seasonal produce, popping into yourneighbourhood store for a few items that are grown in your regionwill keep the lid on transport costs, and therefore the price youpay. In case you were wondering, in the UK we are now reckoned tospend a cool ￡2bn each year on organic food and drink,according to the Soil Association. Sales of organic food have grown14-fold over the past 10 years. 2. Be prudent with prime cuts Prime cuts of organic meat such as chicken breasts (rather thanthighs) carry premium prices. The same goes for ready-made productssuch as organic pasta sauces. Choose shrewdly and, if necessary,devote just part of your diet to organic, and you should be able tostay well in budget. 3. Sign up for an organic vegetable box scheme Some 50,000 UK households now have a vegetable box delivery everyweek. For anything from ￡7 to nearly ￡20, you get a regulardelivery at home (or at a pre-arranged drop-off point) of a boxpacked with fresh local goods, saving you the cost of buying themloose. As a rule, what you get is in the hands of the provider andwill, of course, depend on the season. However, a number do let youbar those vegetables or fruit that you really hate. The cheapest veg-box suppliers are often your most local - yourlocal council may have a list of producers or farms that offer sucha service, or try a nearby farmers' market. If you're on a tight budget, you canusually pick a box-size to suit your wallet, the budgets for vegetable boxes start at ￡7.95 for the"mini-box" - for that you get carrots, mushroom, onions, valorpotatoes, pointed cabbage and bright lights chard. Not surprisingly, supermarkets have also got in on the act:Waitrose, Sainsbury and Tesco are among those to have moved intothis fast-growing area, offering their versions of the localfarmer's organic box (we'll leave you to judge just how local thatis). Waitrose charges ￡13.50 for its "medium" eight differentvegetable goods, while Tesco, which is currently only offeringboxes in certain parts of the country, levies ￡10 for eightvegetables and two fruit types. 4. Monitor the supermarket specials Most of the "big four" chains run organic food promotions or offerloyalty points on organic deals through the year. Aside from buyingperishables, these are ideal for stocking up on sauces, pasta, meatand other goods that can be stored or frozen. Planet saver Cutting down on food waste will make your household greener andcould reduce your organic food bills by a third. You just have to use what you buy more efficiently. By shoppingevery two or three days, you can avoid duplication and excessproduce being stored and rotting away. In the same vein, choosing and buying loose fruit and veg (insteadof pre-packaged) and ignoring "three-for-the-price-of-two" deals onperishable goods can also help eradicate those piles of uneaten anduseless out-of-date food in your cupboards and fridge.