Dirty Dozen and Clean 15
How this helps you: Choose organic produce when buying anything listed on The Dirty Dozen. And while we always encourage buying local and organic, if money’s tight, then it’s not going to kill you to buy conventional from the Clean 15 group.
The Dirty Dozen – try for organic as much as possible.
- Apples
- Celery
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Grapes
- Hot peppers
- Nectarines (imported)
- Peaches
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Sweet bell peppers
Dirty Dozen Plus: Kale/collard greens and Summer squash
The Clean Fifteen – doesn’t matter as much if you buy non-organic of these.
- Asparagus
- Avocados
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Sweet corn
- Eggplant
- Grapefruit
- Kiwi
- Mangoes
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Papayas
- Pineapples
- Sweet peas (frozen)
- Sweet potatoes