One of the many 'anti' debates is, that if organic out-of-season produce has been flown halfway round the world, packaged to death to avoid it looking travel-weary on arrival, where's the 'green' benefit? Give us fresh-out-of-bed conventional potatoes from the local farm over their organic equivalents who've been clocking up global warming air miles.

And the persuasive healthy eating argument swings both ways too. Tests by the Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) suggest that choosing organic carrots is not going to help you avoid that many pesticides. Many people however, swear organic carrots taste sweeter and a little less like bland cardboard. On the pro-organic side of the fence, a study carried out by the soil association (which campaigns for sustainable agriculture and organic food), discovered that produce grown without pesticides generally contains higher levels of vitamin C and essential minerals.

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So do you think choosing organic is worth it? Would you ensure your family only eats food that begins with an 'O'? It's a debate that regularly crops up in government and on the news - and more recently, right here on the Forum. Tell us what you think. Find out where others might have found the cheapest organic food that wasn't grown in their own vegetable garden!

For the record, our standpoint is that - all food should be good food, organic or not. If it tastes delicious, looks apetising and makes you feel healthy, thats good enough for us foodies. And if that food has been grown locally on well-nurtured soil, by a farmer who respects the land and the produce grown on it - even better.