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Originally Posted by Antigonish
I think it's time people start buying local and not look down on it as some hipster/hippy fashion statement. The best produce I've bought have all been locally grown. Items at farmers markets and stores like Averys has better quality, locally grown or produced and in most cases at a cheaper price.
It comes down to the consumer. The market decides whats good and what it costs so stop putting money in the rich supermarkets that over charge for crappy food and support local markets.
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Just a comment about Avery's: on some items their business model is to buy the produce that the supermarket chains reject, due to size or cosmetics. Not necessarily past its prime stuff, but stuff that is either too big or too small or otherwise not cosmetically up to their standards.
What you say about buying local is really just a smaller-scale version of any sort of commerce. The Walmart model of lowest-cost provider has driven much manufacturing to China and consumers continue to lap it up. I don't think food is much different. Paying more for locally-produced products will always be limited to a fringe group of relatively well-off consumers.