I have been a little intrigued by this seemingly growing trend also. I think that you’re right about our society making a push towards locally grown and organic meats and produce because I’ve noticed an increase in advertisements and products boasting these things.
So my parents use to have a pear orchard and I remember back about 10 years ago a big trend where a lot of the farmers and orchardists in the area starting growing organically. So my parents also started growing their pear orchard organically. I was amazed that it took more work to grow this way but I also began realizing how it was healther. For example, instead of spraying the orchard all of the time with pesticides, they bought and spread throughout the orchard a huge box full of millions of lady bugs that could eat the insects for them.
But sad to say, my parents didn’t move towards growing organically so much for the push towards a healthier society but mostly as a last ditch effort to try to sell their crop. The U.S. imports so many things from other countries (in this case too many pears) that local businesses, orchards, farms, whatever have a hard time selling their own items in this competitive market. So by growing organically and selling locally, people such as my parents trying to sell their pears, are able to sell to a different market where people are interested in paying a little more to to eat something that’s locally grown, fresher, chemical-free and thus a little healtheir for them.
So I like the idea of our society trying to move towards organic and locally grown products because I really like how it supports the consumer to eat healthier, the environment to stay cleaner, and the local economy. So the next time you pick up that apple at the grocery store, whether it be organic or not, at least check for the grown in Washington sticker.