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I've noticed locally grown organic lettuce is significantly cheaper for me to buy at the store than direct from the same grower at our farmer's market that is held in the store's parking lot. That irks me because our Farmer's Market receives subsidies from local city governments, so I expect direct purchases to be less expensive while still netting more profit for the farmer. But the farmer seems to view his artificially low cost of doing business as just extra profit for him.

Meanwhile, my family picks its own blueberries on a local farm and saves a lot of money over store-bought berries shipped from anywhere in the world. We buy a ton and freeze them for use over the winter when only overseas pesticide berries are in the stores.

So, check prices whatever the source.

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