Post #2 Organic Ingredients?

How possible is it to grow a business using organic ingredients? A man in the food industry strongly encouraged me to let go of the "organic food ethic" and embrace the "natural food ethic" in order to bring down the costs of the ingredients.

The "natural" food category includes foods from all over the spectrum: from clean, whole, ingredients to fractionated, highly processed, full of additives, pesticides, colors and flavors. It's hard to know what you're getting with a natural food label.
 
My commitment to my own ethics is to use organic, biodynamic and unsprayed ingredients whenever possible. This is how I eat and when I stray from this diet I begin to feel foggy, tired and crabby. I have no interest in making products that don't make people feel great.

I use the highest quality ingredients at the best prices I can find but even so, my products end up with a price point that is not as low as many people would prefer, including me!

In spite of that I continue to use organic, high quality, gluten-free certified and albeit, pricey ingredients because I refuse to use cheap ones. I'm following my ethical course and hoping that I will see how to make my business into a thriving and sustainable business.

                                              Gluten-Free Sourdough Chocolate Mini Loaf