[cowtowney]

"Some fresh organic stuff such as strawberries and tomatoes tastes better .Mostly because it is grown locally."

The great majority of organic produce is grown by large corporations. The notion that some small farmer is growing a lot of it locally and trucking it to the store is false.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The great majority of organic produce is grown by large corporations.

And there is nothing wrong with that.

But organically grown strawberries and tomatoes have a much shorter shelf life and so they need to be grown closer to market.

[RSteyn]

>The great majority of organic produce is grown by large corporations. The notion that some small farmer is growing a lot of it locally and trucking it to the store is false.<

Some of the most manipulative packaging in the marketplace wraps around "organic", "natural" food, promoting emotional, nostalgic images of bucolic farm life. "Eat this and gain peace and inner happiness!"

It's quite entertaining.

I wonder how many of the people who buy this stuff have seen a calf pulled (and I do mean PULLED--fortunately, bovine females are rugged creatures) or a fruit orchard the morning after a late freeze?