Comments on: Hip Tip – Shop Local, Save Money http://hiphostessblog.com/2008/04/20/hip-tip-shop-local-save-money/ Menus, tips and ideas for hosting with style! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: culinspiration http://hiphostessblog.com/2008/04/20/hip-tip-shop-local-save-money/#comment-354 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:36:36 +0000 http://hiphostess.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-354 I appreciate what you’re saying, but here in D.C., the farmer’s markets are almost always more expensive than the local grocery store. However, they’re also a lot more flavorful, and in season, and they help to reduce transport-related damage to the environment.

But cheaper, not necessarily—quite rarely. Then again, when you buy food from the farmer’s market, quite often it is cultivated following organic standards, even if it’s not been formally designated “organic” by the USDA. Maybe if you compare organic applies to organic apples, you do save.

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