We all know that locally produced, organic food is the best choice for a person who is working towards a sustainable society/world. However, in most places it is very difficult to create a complete diet with locally produced organic food, and in many places (take my home state of Montana for example) it is essentially impossible. In some of the larger cities here in Montana, a person can find a Good Food Store, a Real Food Store, or something of the like. However, although they sell a few local organic products, the stores themselves are very seldom local businesses; most in fact are owned by large corporations in big cities somewhere else. Most the products for these stores are shipped thousands of miles to get to Montana. On the other hand, locally grown produce can be found at farmer's markets from spring to fall, but not all (in fact few) of those products are organic. If a person had the choice between non-organic local produce and non-organic produce from some far away
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