Food Nuts Say ‘Local’ Is More Important Than ‘Organic’

The food world has been reeling in the wake of a recent Stanford survey concluding that “organic” food may not be as special as it’s cracked up to be. Many have rightly pointed out shortcomings in the methods and data involved in the study, but it has certainly sparked debate.

Among certain food world vets, however, the question at hand was answered some time ago: While organic is always preferable, buying locally produced food is more important than buying items that meet certain FDA regulations (the fact that neither

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