Wow, totally jealous of the cheap housing you guys have. In Perth, even the crappiest house in a war zone suburb will cost at least $350,000 and that's no where near the city.
As for the organic/non-organic debate, well I'm firmly on the organic, non GMO side. The amount of hormones, drugs and chemicals they pump into factory farmed chickens, pigs and beef is scary, and I don't want to be eating it, nor do I appreciate it running off into our rivers and oceans, poisoning our fish stocks. I firmly believe that a lot of today's illnesses stem from factory farming and the use of various poisons and chemicals. I am willing to pay a bit extra to support organic farming and am definitely planning to be more self sufficient in my retirement.