The delicate sweetness of just-picked vegetables is always worth savoring.
I'm so crazy now about 'organic' and 'fresh' and stuff that's 'free range.'
There's no doubt about it: people want local, real food.
I take my kids to the farmer's market - knowing I'm buying local and fresh makes the humiliation of the little choo-choo train ride worthwhile.
A homegrown tomato, you're never going to taste anything like it. There is nothing close to it, the sweetness. And strawberries: The ones you get in the store are so hard; but you get a homegrown strawberry, it just melts, I'm telling you.
Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.
To have 95% of the ingredients sourced, food and wine, within 100 miles radius, that's a dream come true for any chef.
The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance.
I love judging food by its smell and feel and taste. The healthiest tomato isn't always the perfect one that's been covered in pesticides.
I always sought out organic produce because to me it always tasted better; the quality was better - if you got it fresh.
I need quick, easy, and healthy meals that can power me through the day. I also try to eat locally grown and organic food as much as possible - it's the best for me and the environment.
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
I'm a farmer's market girl, so if you go and get beautiful, fresh fruit, that's local, and it hasn't been frozen yet, it's pretty fantastic.
I believe the future is vegetables and fruits. They are so much more sexier than a piece of chicken.
There's nothing better than home-grown, chemical-free fruits and vegetables.
Vegetable box schemes, local greengrocers, farmers' markets and organic stores are a great place to source package-free foods.
Twenty-first-century food is going to be real food. Real food is food that is truly nourishing for the consumer, the community, and the planet.
We sell only fresh fruit and vegetables. I sell no saturated fats or anything like that.
If some consumers believe that it's better from the point of view of their health to have organic food, God bless them. Let them buy it. Let them pay a bit more.
The thing about organic farming is that the produce will not look the same. Your tomato will not resemble the rich red one from the textbook, and that's the beauty of it.
Our commitment to serving produce from local farms and other sustainable sources is one of the ways we are changing the way people think about and eat fast food.
At ABC Cocina and Kitchen, 90 percent of our produce and vegetables come from Union Square, and that's all from upstate New York farmers. We are simply committed to this idea of local, organic food.
Healthy, sustainable food production methods give us food that is nutritionally better and with fewer pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones.
Gooseberries should be mainstream berries! Why are chemically fattened strawberries a thing? Why not the delicious gooseberry?
