Originally Posted by
stut
Interestingly, the head of one of the major supermarket chains here (Sainsbury's, who position themselves towards the top end of the market - although price differences these days are marginal) made a statement saying as much - basically that if you eat fresh, seasonal goods, then your shopping bill won't have gone up.
I don't disagree with this to a point but its not like everything you buy in the store can be found locally.And i don't mean exotic produce either - if you don't live in an area where there is a lot of farming, you are forced to buy products like milk, eggs, cheese, flour etc. all from places far enough away that they need to be trucked in. and in winter unless you want to get scurvy, and such, you need to buy produce thats trucked in, even if its just from Florida or Cali.
I'm all for buying locally when you can.Just this week i bought NJ asparagus for 1.59/lb, and it was nice thin stalks, not the huge wood like ones you often see. But the fact is, there are certain things that are a necessity that can only be trucked in.