Three foods that I always buy locally
There is some debate between choosing locally produced foods over organic. I live in New Orleans an we have a long growing season. Because of this, we have a fantastic farmers' market that keeps me in local fruits and veggies year-round. I'm not going to lie and say that I never buy organic bananas from some foreign country or cheese from Vermont. However, there are a few items that I always buy from local growers instead of organic. Here are three:
- Milk. We drink a lot of milk and I will gladly pay the extra dollar a gallon to support a local farmer and his or her hormone free cows over Horizon and their shady dealings.
- Strawberries. Strawberry season started months ago, if you can believe it. For years I would buy strawberries at the grocery store but they never tasted like I remembered them tasting as a kid. It wasn't until I started buying them locally that I fell in love with them again.
- Sugar. If I drive far enough outside of the city, I can get swallowed up by sugar fields. Sugar cane grows in tall stalks then gets harvested and refined locally. It makes a lot more sense for me to buy Domino than a brand that operates out of South America.
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