Everybody knows that organic foods are better for you, but conventional produce is cheaper, right?

Well, not so fast. It depends on what you're buying. There's no question that conventional produce is, on average, cheaper per pound than organic alternatives, and probably contains more calories-per-dollar.

However, research in the past few years has shown dramatically higher concentrations of health-boosting nutrients in organic foods, including anti-oxidants, vitamins and substances that enable the body to process nutrients.

So when you pay for produce, what is it that you're buying? Are you looking for calories? Or nutrition? It's just possible that on a nutritional basis, you get more for your money with organic.

Plus, avoiding the toxins in conventional produce is priceless.

Read all about this in my brand-new column at Environmental Living!