| robably feel good about your purchase when you go | | | | poultry, cheeses and honey are of the finest quality. |
| to your local farmer's market to get organically | | | | It helps these farmers to be able to stay in business, |
| grown fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a nice feeling | | | | and can help to keep rural communities from slowly |
| to know that the foods you are eating are as | | | | drifting into the city limits. Sustainable organic farming |
| nutritious as possible, but there's another reason why | | | | will insure that the family owned and operated farm |
| you can get a great deal of satisfaction from your | | | | that produced those tomatoes you enjoyed on your |
| pledge to go organic. Whenever you go to your local | | | | salad can continue to raise and sell organic products |
| outlet to buy produce, did you know that you are | | | | for years to come. |
| supporting your local farmers as well as the | | | | Local farmers also help to keep your area's economy |
| environment? Fresher food and a cleaner planet are | | | | on an even keel, as your food dollars stay in the |
| just two of the reasons for you and your family to | | | | area instead of into the coffers of some huge |
| enjoy only organic foods. | | | | conglomerate. If your local farmer's market is a |
| Organic farming is usually a family affair, with all family | | | | growers-only market, then you are getting the |
| members pitching in to help run the business. There | | | | freshest foods that money can buy. You are buying |
| are far fewer family farms in the United States than | | | | your food directly from the farmers that grew it. |
| there were back in the day when such a thing was | | | | These farmers decide on the prices that you pay, |
| usual instead of unusual. But now, with the added | | | | and generally they are less than what you would pay |
| demand for organic foods by savvy consumers, the | | | | for organic foods in a grocery store. |
| number of organic farms to produce these foods and | | | | You can be assured that these items, the most |
| farmer's markets as an outlet to distribute fresh | | | | popular of all organic foods sold in the United States, |
| produce has grown by leaps and bounds. There are | | | | are truly organic, as these farmers must follow |
| also roadside stands in some areas as well as | | | | certain rules and regulations in order to be able to |
| shopping co-ops and even your local grocery store. | | | | claim that their products are organic. And remember |
| Organic farmers sell the different foods that they | | | | – 'natural' foods are not the same as organic |
| raise in all of these places, and are finding that | | | | foods! The best organic food of all is that grown |
| business is booming. | | | | closest to where you live. You are helping both the |
| This kind of support tells the farmers that they are | | | | farmer and the environment when you cut out the |
| on the right track, and gives them an added incentive | | | | middleman and buy straight from the source! |
| to make sure that the produce, eggs, beef, pork, | | | | |