 Our children love coming to the farmer's market. There's always a face painter and live music. My husband Jose says he goes just for the apple cider donuts. We almost always buy some organic vegetables to take home and we brought some cilantro last week and the kids can't wait for the corn to come in. I'm struggling with it though. Prices are higher here at the farmer's market than at the grocery store. Jose reminds me that we're not just buying organic food but we're also supporting local producers which is important to both of us. But I really wonder if it's worth it. Frankly, I'm not even sure what organic means. We definitely want our kids to eat fresh food and to stay healthy and strong. But then again, I never ate organic food when I was young and my health is fine. However, I don't think I had even tasted a pop-up before coming to the farmer's market and I loved it. I would feel a lot better about our extra spending if I knew for sure that organic food is really healthier for our family. I'm going to check online to see if I can figure out if organic food really makes a difference to my family's health. The first result from my Google search doesn't look trustworthy. It's from a magazine and that has nothing to do with health. This one looks better. It's from a medical website, UC Davis. I think it's a hospital. I feel like I found a little bit but I want more. I remember learning about Google Scholar when I was in college and I'm going to check there to see if I can find medical research on the topic. Whoa, there's a lot. I'd even think about the effect of organic farming can have on the environment. Oh, aha. This one mentions human health implications. That's what I want. The PDF is here for some of the articles but not for all of them. I wonder if I can ask the librarian at the public library if they can get it through Inter-Wibrary alone for me. I use Libraries Connect Ohio for research on a lot of topics. I'll go to the Science Reference Center and I bet this will be a great place to start. At least learn a little something more about organic food from this perspective. Interesting, is organic better? Okay, now let's go to Point of View Reference Center for some pros and cons on the topic and it's available from the public library too. Okay, a couple results, overview, a guide. I like how I can narrow it down to only one kind of publication which might be helpful. Okay, let's see what we get. Oh, interesting. Healthy alternative. Summer here says organic foods make a difference in our healthier and richer nutrients. That is definitely in the pro column. Agricultural chemicals on food could be problematic to young kids developing organs. Oh, that's definitely another pro for organic food. Finding information about organic food has convinced me that buying organic food is worth our time and money. Knowing this has made me feel more confident about choosing organic food and buying organic food at the farmer's market makes us feel good and our family meals are much healthier.