Comments on: Is Local Food Really More Expensive? http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/12/14/is-local-food-really-more-expensive/ An urban insurgent's guide to real food for life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Poplar http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/12/14/is-local-food-really-more-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Poplar Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=3429#comment-3456 As a Restaurant in the Metro Area www.manorhouserestaurant@poplarsprings.com we find it very hard to pay the high prices of some of the locally produced foods. Sometimes local products are not produced in a large enough quantity to sustain our needs on a continual bases. Howard Foer www.poplarspringsinn.com As a Restaurant in the Metro Area
http://www.manorhouserestaurant@poplarsprings.com
we find it very hard to pay the high prices of some of the locally produced foods. Sometimes local products are not produced in a large enough quantity to sustain our needs on a continual bases.

Howard Foer
http://www.poplarspringsinn.com

]]> By: Bucky http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/12/14/is-local-food-really-more-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 Bucky Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:13:50 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=3429#comment-3450 Don't know about Ohio, but here in Houston, the farmer's markets ARE more expensive. No doubt about it. For many years the prices were very competitive -- and often lower -- than local chain supermarkets. Then a few years ago the well-heeled pilates crowd decided that it was fashionable for their maids to cook with local produce and the prices started going up and up. Prices are now more expensive than Whole Foods. Good for local farmers, of course. But bad for those of us who have been supporting them for years and live on a limited budget. Hate to say it, but I'll be glad when the trendy crowd gets bored and moves on to something else so I can start shopping at the market again. Don’t know about Ohio, but here in Houston, the farmer’s markets ARE more expensive. No doubt about it. For many years the prices were very competitive — and often lower — than local chain supermarkets. Then a few years ago the well-heeled pilates crowd decided that it was fashionable for their maids to cook with local produce and the prices started going up and up. Prices are now more expensive than Whole Foods.

Good for local farmers, of course. But bad for those of us who have been supporting them for years and live on a limited budget. Hate to say it, but I’ll be glad when the trendy crowd gets bored and moves on to something else so I can start shopping at the market again.

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