If there is anything amiss, it is that our local vegetable stands are only open during the growing seasons.

I should love to stop into a small local market to select the freshest of ingredients.

We have driven around the valley to buy winter crops from the back of a wagon.

Organic foods are favored.

In our area we can now purchase locally milled flours, fresh cheeses, breads, meats and eggs.

In the ideal situation, we can create our daily menus from each of these.

We can also plant fruit bearing trees and grow our own gardens.

We can harvest or purchase seafood from our waters and beaches.

We...