Blogs About "farm stand"

I posted recently on the dilemma we face regarding the choice between locally grown non-organic produce and organic produce shipped from further away. My deliberation ended with a compromise: to prefer organic products shipped from afar only in the event that their local counterpart is not available, even if it means buying non-organic.

With dreams of spring turning finally to reality, many of us are beginning to look forward to visiting seasonal farm stands and markets. But the availability of local produce brings with it a continuing dilemma: local or organic? Many of our local farm stands do not provide organic produce. Does that mean that it would be better to buy organic produce in the supermarket, shipped from further away? This is a...