by Expat Chef
I have to confess, I bought non-local peaches. I even bought them at the farmers market from a grower who usually sells peaches he grows. We lost 95 percent of the peach crop this year. He’s struggling. He and a few others carpool to Texas to buy fruit to sell here in order to stay in business.
So, a quandary exists. We have to have fruit in a balanced diet for our child. Do I buy fruit from the store where larger shipments probably use less fuel per fruit? Or, do I buy the same non-local fruit from my local farmers to keep them in business until next year’s harvest? Where’s the “local rulebook?” Has a flag been thrown?
I don’t know. But the farmer sure looked grateful when I bought the peaches and told him I would keep checking for his blueberries that are late this year.
