# Organic

**Should we buy organic food for our child?**

Whether you buy organic food for your family, all of it, selectively, or not at all.

In short: Parents choose between 3 main approaches: All organic; Selective; Conventional. Evidence: your call. No outcome evidence picks a winner. Preference, culture, money and logistics decide. Best settled: 6–12 months.

- Area: Food and eating
- Evidence: Your call
- Best settled: 6–12 months
- First published: 2026-10-03
- Last updated: 2026-10-05
- Page: https://www.raisingyourchild.com/topics/food-and-eating--organic

## Organic: what are the options?

1. **All organic**: You buy only organic food.
2. **Selective**: You buy organic for some foods and not others.
3. **Conventional**: You buy regular, non-organic food.

## Organic: what does the evidence say?

**Your call.** No outcome evidence picks a winner. Preference, culture, money and logistics decide.

AAP: lower pesticide exposure, no proven nutritional advantage

Sources:

- [AAP](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/130/5/e1406/32522/Organic-Foods-Health-and-Environmental-Advantages)

## What else is worth knowing?

Organic food is grown without most synthetic pesticides and costs more. Families choose it for health, environmental or ethical reasons. Many buy organic for some foods only.

## Questions to ask each other

- Does organic matter to us, and why?
- Which foods would we prioritize if we could not buy everything organic?
- What can we afford to spend on organic food each month?

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General information, not medical advice. Two parents can each answer this and compare: https://www.raisingyourchild.com/explore?cat=food-and-eating&topic=food-and-eating--organic