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Michael Shuman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:00:37 -0400

Elizabeth, let me offer an apology on behalf of locavores across the country. We're truly sorry you were made to feel bad about your shopping habits. You should never have to "risk a condescending eye roll when I protest, 'It's a cheaper and identical tomato.'"

But, methinks you protest too much.

You may "see exclamation-mark-laden signs in neighborhood stores that 'I buy local,'" but these kinds of signs are actually increasingly rare. The more common phrase is "Think Local First," deployed precisely to calm folks like yourself who have limited resistance to Big Box temptations.