Strawberry Season and Pesticides

Strawberry season is now open and, in fact, will have reached its peak by the end of this week. I love strawberries and I usually freeze quite a few bags of them in order to get through the winter, but according to EWG, strawberries are now in the top twelve fruits and vegetables you should not eat unless they are organic.

From Mother Jones (http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/03/econundrum-12-most-contaminated-fruits-and-veggies)

In descending order, the EWG's 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables:

1. Peaches

2. Apples

3. Sweet bell peppers

4. Celery

5. Nectarines

6. Strawberries

7. Cherries

8. Kale

9. Lettuce

10. Grapes (imported)

11. Carrots

12. Pears

For the full list of all 47 fruits and veggies, go here.