Local and fresh?

There have been a lot of articles lately about buying local and fresh. Unless it is also organic, it is no better for you than going to the grocery store. What about the neighbors of those farmers, with all that chemical spraying? The local aspect is a huge savings on transportation costs, reducing the trucking of vegetables and fruits across country, but we need to have more farmers offering good chemical-free food as well.

We went to a local farm market in Northern Virgina last summer that had fresh vegetables, but there was not a single vendor out of 30 that grew anything organically. We were disappointed and didn't buy anything. One important point about organic farms, if the farmer says it is raised organically but is not certified because of the expense, I certainly believe them.

The good news is there is a very slow movement towards organic foods in Virginia, and in my small way I hope to speed it up.