I'm currently in the Portland, OR area and organics are everywhere. In fact, local produce appears to be a point of pride here. It's unbelieveably refreshing. I've got weekly farmers markets all over the place (one on Sat, one on Sun and one on Tuesday evenings) within 10 miles of me. I have a store that prides itself on local and organic just 2 blocks from my apartment. And, on any weekend day, I can see farmstands all over the place (seasonal produce, berries, eggs, buffalo meat, etc). Plus, even the super cheap food stores have bulk foods that are organic (like Bob's Red Mill stuff - which is also local to us). Add to that our own initial attempts at organic gardening & raising chickens, and we are pretty set. Oh, and there are tons and tons of restaurants (even fast food!) that source locally for as much of their food as they can.

When I lived in small town NC, I had access to organic stuff, but it was quite a bit more expensive and most of it was not locally grown. Tobacco yes, veggies...not so much! It was there, but you had to be prepared to pay more for it. Though, I will say that two of the major grocery store chains (Lowes Foods and Harris Teeter) both had large sections of organic foods (including organic processed foods) right along side conventional stuff...so it was convenient.

I was actually just thinking about this last night as I made dinner. 90% of what I made was local and all of it was organic. I didn't plan it that way...it just happend to be made of the stuff I have available to me to buy. It's just so easy to eat organically here (particularly in the summer). Gotta love that!