Saturday, July 15, 2006

Organic Ingredients

These days you can find an organic version of almost any food. From fruits and vegetables to cookies and candies Americans are developing quite an appetite for organic foods.

The popularity of the products have some ingredient suppliers scrambling to find ways to fill the orders. And while grocery shelves are packed with products finding the essential ingredients can be a challenge for those who make them.

This article brings up an interesting point. One of the foci of the organic movement has been "buy local." But local isn't always organic. So do you buy conventionally-farmed local ingredients, or go out of the area to buy organic?

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