Heather Marie
Shop the Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen!

Talking about switching to a healthier lifestyle can be overwhelming. There is so much discussion about you should and shouldn't eat. Natural vs processed and of course the big debate (and one of the biggest price tags) organic vs conventional produce. It can seem daunting and expensive to buy healthy foods, but one group has made it just a little easier on our sanity and our pocket books.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases a list each year of what they call the Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen. These are lists to help guide us to understand what crops are currently utilizing the most or least amounts of harmful pesticides in their production.
The Dirty Dozen are crops that are have been found to use larger amounts of pesticides. So, when possible, it would be advised to buy organic versions of these foods. On the other hand, the Clean Fifteen have been identified as crops that use the least amount of pesticides in their production, so it would be safer to buy conventional for these foods than those on the Dirty Dozen list. The list is subject to change each year, so keep checking back to see if there is an update!
Dirty Dozen:
Strawberries
Spinach
Kale
Nectarines
Apples
Grapes
Peaches
Cherries
Pears
Tomatoes
Celery
Potatoes
Clean Fifteen:
Avocados
Sweet Corn*
Pineapples
Frozen Sweet Peas
Onions
Papayas*
Eggplant
Asparagus
Kiwi
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Cantaloupe
Broccoli
Mushrooms
Honeydew
Learn more at: www.ewg.org