A University study demonstrated that baking soda beats bleach when it comes to cleaning pesticides off produce. And this isn’t just because cleaning your food in bleach is generally a bad idea! While we wouldn’t recommend washing your fruit and veg in bleach at home, it is what the farmers use, post harvest, to remove as much pesticide residue from the produce as possible, along with any bacteria and other organic matter. New research has discovered that a mixture of baking soda and water is actually more effective than the way the farmers have been using. Read more.