Locavore Food for Thought

Another reason to eat local: food safety. Check out this article about sanitation issues and produce grown in Mexico and shipped to the US, including the peppers and tomatoes suspected of causing the latest Salmonella outbreaks this summer. 

If you know the farmer, you can talk about how the crops are grown and/or processed. Even better: you can visit the farm! (not at all a shameless plug for the Local Farm Tour on September 27:)