We do both...
We prefer to buy organic, and do. But I will buy nonorganic if it's a really good deal, it's fresher, it's a non-payday week, or some such.
We buy at a local farm stand and a local bakery. Sometimes it's actually cheaper than the supermarkets, frequently, it's more. But usually it's better.
For example, this summer, corn was .60 an ear, or $6 a baker's dozen (13) at the farm stand (.46 an ear). Is it organic? No. Was it picked today and grown locally? Yes.
The farm stand also had a deal where you bought a cloth bag and they gave you 10% off all future purchases, I did that. So my bakers' dozen became $5.40, or .42 an ear.
By contrast, the markets had corn from God knows where and who knows how old for .25 an ear.
The farm stand also sells bushels. Next year, I plan to buy a bushel once or twice in the summer and freeze it.
I've never seen organic corn for sale.
Judi
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