{{{HUGS}}} Renee. A good question. The only reason organic is expensive-is that it is only 3 % of The American National Food production and purchase. That is a lot, but not even a drop in the bucket.
Conventional Food in America is really cheap for many political reasons. Factory farms I imagine work in a huge complicated money system with the Chemical companies/seed companies and the political candidates.
Food is not so cheap in the rest of the world...organic or not.
yup-people are lazy, sitting on their couches, drinking thir Buds and eating their Fritos. It makes me want to cry when I think about it too hard.
I am a firm believer in buying anything organic that you can. Keep the demand there. Ask for it in restaurants...support local farmers markets, talk to family and friends about it. Just like anything else...change is slow. People don't change overnight. But I remember long ago when Meryl Streep led a campaign against (Alar?) spray on apples...and the campaign won. She was a great example to me.
I know it must seem insane for you to purchase organic stuff when your chickens and your child cann't play in your sprayed yard...but I must say...who knows what the future holds.
UGH! what a ramble
PS-a dozen organic eggs costs me $7.00 in New Zealand. I still buy them...and I am planning my own garden for next Spring-it is fall here right now.