Growers and Grocers

My daughter is just beginning to eat baby food. So far, it’s Earth’s Best Organic Rice Cereal and First Apples. But ultimately, I would rather be making her baby food with fresh produce.

Therein lies the dilemma: Is it better to make fresh baby food with grocery store produce, since the growing season in the northeast U.S. isn’t yet in full swing? Or is it better to buy organic, GMO-free baby food from the store? If this was the Fall, there would be no question: I would make her food with produce that we picked ourselves at local pick-your-own farms.

Premade baby food has the convenience factor on its side. And before you think “but it’s so expensive to buy organic,” it’s not. Target sells Earth’s Best, and it’s comparably priced to the regular Gerber line.

Organic produce at the grocery store, on the other hand, is premium priced. And who knows where it comes from? That’s a problem, I think.

But then I also feel like I could be cheating my daughter by not making her food like I did my son’s food.

What would you do? Organic premade? Or homemade organic with grocery store produce?

Photo courtesy of Earth’s Best.