Ways to Get Organic Food At Better Quality and Lower Price - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. To get better quality organic food at lower prices. I would say you first want to start off with connecting with your local farmers. So, you know, most cities have local farmer's markets or produce stands or something like that are supplied by local farms. And not only are you going to get better quality that way because you are getting stuff that is literally picked within 24 hours of when you buy it. So you are going to get the best possible quality, that nutrients still in tact. It is going to taste better, it is going to last longer, all of those things. You also can create a relationship with your local farmers. Most farms around here, most organic farms do something called a CSA, which is basically, it is a Community Sustained Agriculture. And, the idea of that is that you can order like a box of produce and have it delivered to your house or delivered locally where you can pick it up every week. That actually cuts down on the costs because you are getting kind of like a bulk price and so you are not having to buy things individually. And so since it is delivered in a box and they are kind of picking for everybody you get things at a cheaper discount. Also, as you get to know kind of your local farmers, you know, they are going to give you things at a discount, they are going to want to work with you because they want to keep your business. Because they are local, you are local, and you create that rapport and relationship and so, they are going to work with you as much as they can, you know. I know that we do this, I know other farms locally do this. We work with restaurants, we give them different discounts, and different sales and whatnot, because we want people to be eating fresh, we want them to be eating organic. So, you know, I think it is just like anything else, the more relationship that you have with your local farm, the better it is going to be, better quality, and the better taste.
