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wmeyers53
  5/13/2015 00:08 EST

Hi. I'm from Portland, Oregon and I've just recently moved to Iloilo City, Philippines. I was wondering where I could find USDA Organic products.

I found this nice store in Manila called Healthy Options but I'd prefer home delivery for my products. Maybe an online store?

Thanks in advance for your the help.

EuroBob
  5/14/2015 03:30 EST

Instead of looking for produce grown organically in the U.S. and then shipped thousands of miles to the Philippines, I think you would be better served by trying to figure out which local produce supplier offers organic produce.
Besides, a U.S. supplier would have to pick/harvest produce before it was ripe, while a local supplier could let the produce ripen a bit more before they harvested it.
So, you can get a better product for less and help your local community.

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Flopie133
  5/14/2015 06:28 EST

Great advice EuroBob. But I understand where wmeyers53 is coming from--Oregoneans are very fastidious about their food quality with the Pacific Northwest being blessed with great produce and other products. It is hard to settle for something less.

Flopie133
  5/14/2015 06:32 EST

LOL, every time I visited my sister in Hood River, Oregon (she owns an artisanal bakery), I had to be prepared to read through restaurant menus listing the pedigrees of practically every ingredient in the menu.

CAteacher
  5/14/2015 09:37 EST

My wife suggests that if you buy from local sources, most of those people are too poor to afford pesticides or commercial fertilizer. Just a thought.

creativeblox
  5/16/2015 19:11 EST

I had the same thought as CAteacher
try going into the wet market instead of the super markets. most are locally grown in home gardens.

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Flopie133
  5/16/2015 22:57 EST

Just be aware, even the local gardeners have easy access and a lot use the popular 'Complete' fertilizer which sells for less than P100 a kilo and can cover a large area.

Flopie133
  5/16/2015 23:07 EST

And for pesticides, a lot use something called 'seven'. These info are from canvassing veggie vendors both from the market and those selling veggies along the roads.
Luckily, I have enough land to grow veggies I like plus Tagaytay have some Real organic farmers. If I had no choice, I would lease a small piece of land, get lots of seeds from the US, and hire people cheaply to farm it and be in control of the process. (Seeds packets from Whole Foods curiously seem to be the best growers for me).

rcampsr
  5/19/2015 10:20 EST

Hello All,

I would be very careful with the use of "Seven" on produce. "Seven" is a systemic bug killer, which means it goes into the soil and is taker into the actual plant itself and becomes part of the plant and fruit and vegetables on it. If you want to grow veggies then use "Malathion" to spray the plants for pests. It will wash off with the rains but it is non-systemic to the plants and will not poison the fruits and vegetables. "Seven" is great if you are not growing consumable crops, "Malathion" is for topical use spraying. Use protective gear when spraying both, including a mask, they both will make you sick if they are inhaled or make contact on the skin. Take a good shower afterwards to be sure to get all the over-spray off you.

Hope this helps, RAC

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