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Healthy snack foods are particularly important if you have growing Jen Allbritton is a certified nutritionist and au-
kiddos at home. Check out the Nutty Snack Bar recipe (www.westonaprice. thor. She lives with her family in Colorado and
org/Packing-the-Perfect-Lunch-Box.html). Another useful resource is spends lots of time in her kitchen cooking up
Family Meal-Planning Strategies (www.westonaprice.org/Family-Meal- WAPF-friendly creations. Contact her if you’d
Planning-Strategies.html), which is chock-full of useful tidbits on ways like to learn more about subjects related to diet
to make the most of your time in the kitchen. and children at jen@growingwisekids.com.
Before you know it, each meal you are serving or sending off with
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LoweR YouR PeStIcIde Load

the environmental working Group, a non-profit research organization, created the ‘’dirty dozen,’’ a list of the twelve
fruits and twleve vegetables that consistently have the highest levels of pesticides. the findings are based on the results of
nearly 43,000 tests for pesticides on produce by the u.S. department of agriculture and the Food and drug administra-
tion from 2000 through 2004. the environmental working Group discovered that one’s pesticide exposure could be cut
by almost 90 percent by just avoiding the dirty dozen and emphasizing the clean Fifteen. as a consumer, use this list
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to choose which items are most important to buy organic, or perhaps avoid if the price is too high.
dIRtY dozeN cLeaN FIFteeN
1. Peaches 7. cherries 1. onion 6. asparagus 11. Papaya
2. apple 8. Kale 2. avocado 7. Sweet peas 12. watermelon
3. Bell pepper 9. Lettuce 3. Sweet corn 8. Kiwi 13. Broccoli
4. celery 10. Grapes (imported) 4. Pineapple 9. cabbage 14. tomatoes
5. Nectarines 11. carrots 5. Mango 10. eggplant 15. Sweet potatoes
6. Strawberries 12. Pears

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coNveNtIoNaL aNIMaL FoodS (beef, pork, poultry, milk, butter and cheese): the ePa reports that meat is contami-
nated with greater levels of pesticides than plant foods, as many chemicals are fat-soluble and accumulate in the fatty
tissues of animals. also the hormones and antibiotics in non-organically raised animals are passed on to the consumer. Still,
if you can’t obtain or can’t afford pasture-raised animal foods, beef, lamb, butter and cheese are still good supermarket
bets. they contain nutrients that help protect you against pesticides, antibiotics and hormones.

coFFee aNd tea: Most coffee consumed in the u.S. is grown in countries with little to no regulatory standards on
pesticide use. Non-organic tea is heavily sprayed.
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