Organic meats may be more expensive, but tend to taste better

Over 80 per cent of the UK will enjoy organic meat for their Christmas dinner this year, according to a recent survey carried out by Golden River Farms; an online organic market selling high quality meat and farm produce. With the average organic turkey costing around £15 to £20 pounds more than its non-organic equivalent, this might seem somewhat surprising, especially considering the current economic climate.

However, though Christmas is an expensive time for all, the 86% who are planning on buying organic meat said that they would do so because they feel the taste and quality of organic meat to be much better than non-organic. Paul Jackson, one farmer at Golden River Farms, naturally agrees, ‘I completely endorse people buying free range and organic produce, the quality of the food is vastly different compared to mass produced and caged animals.’

So it seems that organic food, for many, really does taste better. However, the price tag of free range and organic products is an obvious drawback for some. While many families battle with the recession, Jackson still condones splashing out on free range organic Christmas meat, ‘I can understand that the difference in cost can play a major role in the decision making process, however in this case you really are paying for quality.’ None of the people surveyed said they wouldn’t buy organic meat on principle or for how it tastes, they said instead that they were ‘not prepared’ to spend more on organic meat at this already expensive time of year.

In an ideal world, all free range and organic meat would be widely available and low-cost. Unfortunately, if you wish to have a merry free range Christmas, it will undeniably increase the cost of the average Christmas dinner. However, as Paul Jackson and the 86% of those choosing an organic Christmas would vouch for, the taste of an organic Christmas seems to outweigh the cost!