i always support our local farmers! I hardly ever buy from the market anymore. Unless there is something like mushrooms that I need. There is one guy who sells them but not always what I need. I would join something like the csa but I love talking to all the farmers. Some of them are now my friends. I got to go to our friends tamoto greenhouse last year. It was super cool! And now they are pressing thier own Olive oil! Which I have gotten to be a tast tester of! We are even more spoiled living here in California where we can get fresh veggi's year round too!