Supporting the Local Economy

I think that deltic1 has a good point. The organic label is pricey and it is often too expensive for small farmers to become certified. Buying from trusted sources can be a better solution. I mean, when it comes down to it, a label is just a label.

I also consider that it’s not as important to buy organic for some foods. Bananas have a thick skin, so buying them local would be better for the environment than buying bananas that are far away, but organic.

I would try to grow some produce, but I have the opposite of a green thumb. Everything dies on me. Plus my balcony doesn’t get much sun.

That is partly what I meant Justontime. There is a lot of food produced ethically and sustainably but it can not claim to be organic because the producer hasn’t been certificated and there is food that has been produced in a a way that many people wouldn’t recognise as organic but because of what it is and where it came from it gets away with calling itself organic. As you said organic has different meanings and different standards in different places.

I think its awful how much a farmer is charged to become certified organic. Of course, that does explain how much labeled foods are… I want to start a self-sustainable farm for me & my family.