I buy locally where I can and when I can afford it. Am more concerned with helping to support the small local businesses rather than anything else. Also, I really like being able to visit the farm(s) where most of my meat and poultry come from so I KNOW how they were raised. I tend to know the farmers that provide my animal protein rather better than those who produce my vegetables. My food budget is only so large, and it is larger than it once was, but I prefer this approach.