Ah! Eating locally is such a great issue!
Every state can grow most of its own produce, but it doesn't, due to today's commercial agricultural practices. Almost everything we buy in the grocery store is shipped over thousands of miles. Before it was shipped it was hybridized so that it could have a long shelf life, and then it was harvested before it was mature. While travelling, the taste doesn’t get any better. So you think you know what a tomato tastes like? Wonder about that when you read this: the flavor in a ripe tomato peaks within 3 minutes of picking it off of the vine.
Resources
Another good article: http://odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4080
A fantastic book: This Organic Life by Joan Dye Gussow
Look up Alice Waters, Chez Panisse and The Edible Schoolyard project
Find your local CSA! http://www.localharvest.org/
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