Support your local farmers' market whenever possible.

Wow....................sad:(:(....I'm with Kat.............problem is we had no Farmers markets in my little po-dunk town.............wish I could just grow my own:(:(

But for me........I rarely buy frozen........and can't afford Organic anything.

Wish I could just GROW..............Hell......I can't even do that:(

~~~~Black thumb Bear:)

We shop Costco all the time. The have a lot of organic products, great prices and return policies. Plus, they pay their workers a very good wage, and that results in getting excellent service.

I agree with Kat though, Farmer's Market are the way to go when you can, it's just not always convenient.

@shadow I think getting vaccinated for both hep A & B are standard procedure when your dxd with HCV.

@Bob, for me its not so much a matter of convenience as it is money. If I could Id buy all my food at the farmers market -cheese, yogurt, produce, etc. but I shop there selectively since its quite expensive. I never go to Costco as I live alone and dont own a car. I didnt know they paid their workers well but to me that would be a motivating factor to shop there.

My dream is to have a tiny house with a little garden and grow my own non-toxic food. The food supply is so toxic. 90% of the garlic sold in the U.S. is from China. Id never buy food from China.

The chemical lobby is very strong and lots of toxic chemicals are used on the produce here. When a pesticide is proven to be so toxic that its finally taken off the market, its still legal to manufacture and then exported for use in other countries and then that produce is imported and sold here.

Heres an invaluable list of produce listed in order of toxicity, apples being the most toxic. This influences my shopping decisions, knowing that apples are much more toxic than pears, Id opt for pears. Its an amazing website full of fantastic information.

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php

Another great reason to be sure to get vaccinated against hep a and b-- I was, years ago, before traveling to Africa--- at that time I had to pay for them and they weren't cheap (like a couple hundred dollars)> I believe some insurance companies are now covering these as preventive care....

Thanks for the EWG.org site Kat!

Apples are scary, esp. up here in WA.

@ shadowdance Before I started treatment I had to do Hep A and Hep B, but they don't give them simultaneously...each shot has to be a month apart, and then there's several boosters in addition. At least that's how it was for me.
I grow alot of my fruits and veggies, but we are lucky to live in a rural area of Colorado where I have 3 farmer's markets a week. It's very agricultural around here, and since these are small communities even the organics are very reasonable:)
For those who don't have the room for gardens etc, maybe check into co-op farming. Sometimes you can get a plot in exchange for something as a little work (wedding etc)

AND ..be sure that the "B" vac has taken. I was vaccinated but the "B" did not take and it had to be repeated. This is common.

WoW Good to know I do buy those too. At Walmart. I make protein shakes with them. Maybe ill change this month just in case. Has anyone heard of them being at Walmart???

Wal what?

People in the mentioned country's think nothing of crapping where they stand. Hygiene is almost unheard of.