Farmers like anybody are trying to make money with their business. What used to happen with farmers was that locally people would buy their foods. Certainly some of it may have been shipped off, but most of it was bought and sold locally. Families did not have the luxury for centuries of heading to the store to buy whatever it was they wanted. Produce was seasonal, as was the case with most of the items bought. Now local farmers in some areas are trying to once again provide good produce, milk, meat and eggs to their local community. This is really important to those wanting fresh and organic food. Locally buying food also can cut down on trucking pollution by not having food shipped thousands of miles, rather just buy it locally and save on these costs that affect our planet.

So no matter what your reasons are for wanting good and local food, do some research as there may be more local farmers around then you realize. And for those of you that have never tried this, head out to a couple of local farms and see what is happening for yourselves.