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By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:01:50 +0000

This is great information! The tips are great and I shared them with my readers so they can have a good understanding of how to navigate through the market.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:35:50 +0000

In my experience, local produce that’s sustainably grown but not certified organic is usually priced somewhere between supermarket conventional and organic. I pay $2.85 for a dozen real free range eggs, about $1 more than conventional but almost $1 less than Eggland’s Best.

I am fortunate enough to have a farmer who sells year round although the winter selection of produce is limited to apples, squashes, potatoes, onions, and if the weather isn’t too nasty, kale from outside and spinach from an unheated greenhouse. I supplement with frozen vegetables rather than buy “fresh” stuff that’s been trucked in from elsewhere. It looks and tastes like spring now that the kale is finally gone for the season, replaced by asparagus, lettuce, and mesclun.

Strawberries will debut later this month as the first fresh fruit of the season. I’ll have to hurry and finish up that mushy stuff in the freezer this week.

You at Mark’s Daily Apple are blessed to enjoy California’s bountiful year-round agriculture.