Do The Taste Test.
Buy one organic, one conventional. Same thing. Taste them side by side. Be honest about what you find.
Today's challenge involves leaving the house and spending a small amount of money.
Buy two versions of the same thing. One organic, one conventional. A carrot. A tomato. An egg. Something simple with few or no other ingredients — so you're tasting the actual food, not what's been done to it.
Cook or prepare them the same way. Then taste them side by side.
Here's the important part — be honest. If you can't tell the difference, say so. If one is noticeably better, say that too. There's no right answer here and no points for picking the organic one.
What you're really testing isn't organic versus conventional. You're testing whether you can actually taste your food. Most of us eat so much processed and heavily seasoned stuff that our palate has stopped noticing the thing underneath.
A carrot should taste like something. An egg yolk should have colour and richness. A tomato in May in New Zealand — okay, that one's always a gamble.
Do the test. Notice what you notice.
Follow along at organicfoodtogether.nz
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The Organic Week Challenge runs alongside Organic Week 2026, organised by the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand.
