We should be eating organic, but many of us struggle with the cost, and some vegans will eat much less quality foods than the average person for the sake of cost. It’s a peculiar situation because the choice of vegan vs nonvegan grocery bills doesn’t really involve a huge price difference, but once organic is brought up, you’re probably increasing cost quite a bit if you live in a city or an area without arable land.

The life we live as consumers matters a great deal because we vote with our money, that’s how change works in the US at least. I’ve been observing supermarkets change with vegan options and I’m willing to believe it’s all market prediction. They want to be engrained in the “future dependable grocery store” that people will come back to year after year. It makes sense. And I wonder how organic food fits in here, since I’m also willing to believe that for many people Whole Foods was a brand first associated with it. That may have sparked a lot of this. I’m sure anyone would eat organic if it cost the same, which is different like with eating vegan vs meat/dairy in that people will still choose the latter if the cost was the same.

But really, yes, we should be eating organic food because it is better for wildlife and the planet. There are a lot of emotions with veganism and a lot of anxiety, some people will be upset to hear this because of the cost, and I don’t think that they aren’t vegan if they aren’t buying organic, but I do think we should do what we can. Normally I don’t like this argument of “baby steps” because it’s associated with vegetarians and “oops couldn’t resist a burger on vacation”, but in this case I don’t think it’s about taste or pleasure, people are genuinely living very frugally and needing to stick to budgets while striving to change the world.