Comments on: Where to Find Real {local} Food

By: Pam Demas

Pam Demas — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:51:23 +0000

I am like you in that I buy at our local farmers market but have learned to always ask if chemical. Many are but have paid the steep price for the organic certification. I am this summer growing some of my own organic veggies, I now have my own chicken tractor with 4 hens and now getting a few eggs and will soon try my first time at raising chickens for meat. I live in NC and luckily we can have chickens in our yards and have a meat processing plant near by. I do buy non local organic food if I can’t find organic local. Thanks for all your helpful hints. There are some of us old folks who want to eat healthy too.

By: Donielle

Donielle — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:32:25 +0000

@Andrea Merrigan, Yes, CSAs are great options! As for the local vs organic.......I have been able to find 'naturally grown' produce, with minimal to no spray. MOST of the time. Other times I don't really have a choice other than to buy produce grown in either other countries or hundreds of miles away (if I want organic). Most of the time I try to at least buy non-organic items off of the "clean 15" list on the EWG site. The other times I try to either avoid OF buy it as little as possible.

By: Andrea Merrigan

Andrea Merrigan — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:14:22 +0000

Another great option for fresh local produce is a CSA. So have you been able to find local organic (or at least chemical free) produce? We have a great amount of farmers markets and stands in lower AL but no one really grows things without pesticides and chemicals. It is so frustrating because I had an easier tme finding better produce when we lived in KS! I’m just curious if you opt for local over shipped in even if it is not grown organic and/or chemical free?