I won't participate to the contest, but encouraging local farmers and local companies is the right thing to do. We buy mostly everything (food-wise) at local markets for many years, except maybe for a few things we cannot find there. We hence eat mostly local food (low pollution levels associated with transport), product that are picked when ready to be eaten, etc... It is all good on all aspects.
Price-wise, it is a bit more expensive than in supermarkets in France. But fine. We eat a bit less, but better quality products (we target either organic food, or food from the so-called reasonable agriculture; we moreover restrain ourselves from buying anything coming from far away).
I totally agree with you. We all need to support local producers because they offer us quality products at much lower prices than the big supermarkets which unfortunately are not so easy to compete with.
Unfortunately, the prices of organic products are unapproachable for most of us here in Greece, so we compromise with the groceries of the farmers market which prices are very low but they are not organic. Furthermore, some of us who live in the countryside, plant our own groceries which is the ideal thing because we know exactly what we eat. Thanks for your comment :)
I agree with this: it is more important to be local than organic. This is better on all aspects!
That's actually our goal. We are preparing things, not for this year as we are too late, but for next year.