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What's more important to you: buying local or organic?

  1. indi

    clementine / 984 posts

    Local, but what @JoJoGirl: said as well. Once the freeze comes, then it's down to seeing what the natural store can ship in at a reasonable price and trying to find the least-treated produce possible at the chain stores.

  2. LovelyPlum

    eggplant / 11408 posts

    @oliviaoblivia: @JoJoGirl: yes, this! In the winter, the answer is usually "neither." But in the summer, it's "walk your butt down to the farmers' market and get some apples, girl!"

  3. Pancakes

    nectarine / 2180 posts

    I prefer local, and after spending the last 3 years living in basically a locally-grown food wasteland, I am thrilled to finally be living in an area where I can visit the farmer's market and have my very own CSA subscription!

  4. Arden

    honeydew / 7589 posts

    Organic for the dirty dozen (especially strawberries), local for everything else.

  5. shopaholic

    bananas / 9973 posts

    Organic when I'm at the supermarket. Preferably organic, but also local, when I'm at the Farmer's Market. Especially for the Dirty Dozen and if I'm making purees for the baby.

  6. banana

    coconut / 8299 posts

    We buy local organic from certified vendors at our neighborhood farmer's market so I'd say both. But if I had to choose one, I'd say local! I just feel like it's so much fresher and better for the environment.

  7. lamariniere

    pineapple / 12566 posts

    Local.

    If organic apples are being shipped from New Zealand, in the spring, no less, doesn't that defeat the purpose?

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