The Economics of Local Food
These days, you can buy local food in many places: farmers’ markets, CSAs, even the supermarket. Which is the best deal for consumers and farmers alike?
These days, you can buy local food in many places: farmers’ markets, CSAs, even the supermarket. Which is the best deal for consumers and farmers alike?
Who says you can’t buy local food when it comes to the meat on your plate? Here’s how to find a pasture-raised pork loin near you.
Want fresh-from-the-field produce while supporting local sustainable farming? Try community-supported agriculture, popularly known as a CSA.
I dined on a Mulefoot pork chop at Cochon restaurant in New Orleans with a rush of pleasure, anxiety, and guilt. If this hog breed is endangered, should I be enjoying it so much? I thought. But in truth, the pork is what brought me to the restaurant. By eating the endangered breed, I might be helping to save it.
I realized something funny recently. Long after I started branching out into seasonal fruits and vegetables, my salads remained stuck in the rut of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions. Sure, the lettuce had morphed into “mesclun mix” and the tomatoes had turned into heirlooms, but it took some time before my insistence upon seasonal produce progressed into my salad bowl.
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