The New York Times encapsulates what we’ve been saying for years - switching to organic is tough for many people who don’t want to pay higher prices or give up their favorite foods.

But by choosing organic versions of just a few foods that you eat often, you can increase the percentage of organic food in your diet without big changes to your shopping cart or your spending. The key is to be strategic in your organic purchases…So how do you make your organic choices count? Pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, whose new book “Raising Baby Green” explains how to raise a child in an environmentally-friendly way, has identified a few “strategic” organic foods that he says can make the biggest impact on the family diet.

1. Milk.

2. Potatoes.

3. Peanut Butter.

4. Ketchup.

5. Apples.

Read the entire piece here.