Benchmark 2

1. Mapping
a. You and your team are going to map the locations of organic grocery stores or stores that
have organic sections/ items available. They will be in the Cincinnati area.
b. You will then source where the majority of the stores organic items come from. (Local,
International, etc.) We expect that you find specific farms or locations they source food from.
You will add these locations to your map.
c. Your map will include a key that shows what each symbol means and it will be electronic
because it will be linked to your website when you do the culmination.
2. Is it worth it?
a. You are going to price out the difference between non-organic and organic food items and
come up with what a typical grocery bill might look like
b. You are then going to look at the ingredient differences in the non-organic and organic food
c. You will need to find reliable sources that discuss the major food items ingredients (i.e.
meats, grains, fruits, vegetables, etc)
Checklist

Did you find the stores

location? (address/ place
it on your map)

Did you find where the

store sources the
majority of their food
from? (Place it on your
map)

Store 1: Trader Joes

7788 Montgomery Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45236

Bristol farms (texas)

china

Store 2: Whole foods

Market

2693 Edmondson Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45209

walden farms
applegate farms

Store 3: Clifton Natural

Foods

336 Ludlow Ave,

Cincinnati, OH 45220

Delivery

415 Elliott Ave

Cincinnati, OH 45215

Store 5: Cincinnati
Natural Foods

6911 Miami Ave,

Cincinnati, OH 45243

Store 4:Green B.E.A.N.

Clifton park farm

2 organic Farms:
Feel Good Farm
(Sheridan,IN)
ECOHIO Farm
(Mason,OH)
china

Store 6:
Newtown Farm Market

6911 Miami Ave,

Cincinnati, OH 45243

Mexico

Food Item

Non-organic
Price

Organic
Price

Non-organic
Ingredients

Organic
Ingredients

Food Item
1: Milk

A gallon is
$3.69

A gallon is
$6.00

(low fat)
skim milk,
vitamin A
palmitate,
Vitamin A d3

Organic Grade A
reduced fat free
milk, vitamin D3,
Vitamin A
Palmitate

Food Item
2: Bread

A loaf is
$2.45

A loaf is
$5.00

water, yeast,
salt, honey and
fresh ground
whole wheat
flour

Vegan, dairyfree, kosher, corn

syrup, 24g whole
grain

Food Item
3: Egg

A dozen is
$2.36

A dozen is
$5.00

Amino Acids

Grade A,
Organic Medium
Brown eggs

Food Item
4: Yogurt

$1.00

for a tub its

$7.56

cultural
pasteurized
non-fat milk,
evaporated
cane juice,
vanilla extract,
milk and active
cultures.

pasteurized
organic whole
milk, living yogurt
cultures L,
acidophilus, L.
Bulgaricus,
thermophilusand
bifibacterium

Food Item
5: Pretzels

A bag is
$2. 98

a bag is
$4.65

enriched flour,
canola oil,
water, salt, oat
fiber, yeast,
soda

brown rice, flax,

millet, chia
seeds, amaranth,
sesame, quiona

Other (i.e. do they add

hormones, do they
use chemicals to help
grow, etc)

Food Item
6: Turkey

$3.48

$4.15

turkey breast,
water, contains
2% or less of
sodium
phosphate,
sodium
diacetate, salt,
sugar, sodium
nitrate, sodium
diacetate.

Organic turkey
breast, water,
contains less
than 2% of salt,
carrageenan

http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/default.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/index_en.htm
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/food-labeling
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/306/organic-and-beyond
https://www.gov.uk/food-labelling-and-packaging/food-labelling-what-you-must-show
http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/News.html?typeid=8
https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1349007&location=cincinnati%2C%20ohio
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