I have often wondered which fruit and vegetables take the biggest hit when it comes to pesticides and which fruit and veg is the most important to buy organic. Environmental Working Group (EWG), a public health advocacy group has released its 7th annual report which analyses USA government data on 53 fruits and vegetables and identifies which have the most and least pesticides after washing and peeling. Although this is USA research, it gives a good indicator to pesticide loads in non-organic fruit and vegetables generally.

Having recently moved back to London I set about looking for the best vegetable scheme close to me. There are lots of websites out there that let you search for a local scheme but a good place to start is The Soil Association.