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I don't think making a comparison of quality between local, sustainable, organically grown foods and industrial agriculture captures the price differential. Sustainably grown food COSTS LESS even though we might pay a little more for it up front. Industrial agriculture externalizes the costs of polluted water from pesticide run off, increased green house gas emissions from overuse of petro-chemical fertilizers and international shipping and all of the general health concerns and environmental degradation that result from the industrial agricultural model. We pick up the tab for that destruction. Paying a little extra now means avoiding major COSTS in the future.

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