Which is more important - eating local or eating organic? Since moving to Missouri in the fall of 2012, I've grappled with this question quite a bit. In our previous home in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, it was fairly easy to fulfill both of these ideals - I could go to one of several natural food stores and purchase locally grown organic food, shop the Farmer's Market, or grow my own food nearly year-round in a high tunnel. Here in Northeast Missouri, the four-season climate makes for a spectacular late spring through early fall harvest. I grow a large garden and have connected with a local farmer who uses organic practices. Last fall I purchased large quantities of storage crops from … [Read more...]