In addition to raising me vegetarian, my parents were always careful to only feed me organic produce. I was content with knowing that I would not be developing any horrible medical conditions and whatnot, until one day in Biology our teacher decided that we were going to experiment with celery.

ORGANIC celery.

Suffice to say, looking at it under the microscope made chemicals seem incredibly appealing. Seven- (or was it nine-?) legged bugs are pretty gross. I haven’t stopped eating organic, for the most part, despite the outrageous prices, but now I’m careful to wash everything thoroughly.