This is right where we live.

My husband is a trained chef whose nutrition education was in point of fact, better than what most medical doctors receive.

Ultimately, with the economy in a spin, food has been the ONE thing that we will not accept compromised quality of. The costs are higher initially, but with the resources used to ship food around the globe, those costs are becoming harder and harder to hide, and more importantly, justify.

Local markets given the time to mature will and DO deliver food to the consumer’s table with lower costs.

A point to consider in the local food market, is that in many cases it is also beneficial to the immediate economy. This alone is an excellent marketing point to consider when advertising. For years I have advocated for regional farms in and around the area where we live (Seacoast New Hampshire).

Farmland that produces food and is open and in current use is certainly more desirable than endless cookie-cutter sub-developments of shoddily built homes. Who wants that suburban malaise in their midst?

Buy and eat local. It’s better for your home, community and health.

Deb.