In article >, Craig Welch
> writes:

>Gary > wrote:
>
>>Being a small independent also gives you leeway to buy rare items from local
>>growers and producers, which indirectly also helps their economy. If there's
>a guy
>>down the road that grows a certain kind of mushroom for example, you can get
>the
>>exact amount you need without being bound to a set amount.
>
>That is a plus. I would estimate that about half of the produce
>carried by our grocer is grown within a 50 mile radius. We often see
>the stuff delivered ... the avocados, for example, are grown by our
>neighbours.

So you have avocado a few weeks of the year...

I doubt the typical stupidmarket anywhere in the US at any time during the year
carries more than 5% local produce.... the vast majority is imported from all
points across the country and all corners of the world... if half your grocer's
produce is local there isn't much variety during most of the year.


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