The primate primitive is full of excresence.
Much of the "locally-grown" produce sold at "farmers'" markets in New England, for example.....comes from Florida.
Au contraire, mon ami...
Lots of "mom and pop" fruit and vegetable stands about between June and October. Lots of cornfields, fruit orchards, etc. Some folks charge way too much for my liking, but then again, I don't have to buy if they want to charge too much.
As I mentioned to Scoobie the other day, were I not working nights, I'd love to take the kids out apple picking.
Oranges and the like, yeah, I'll fess up they're from Florida, but some of our grocery stores make a big deal about the locally grown produce, to the point of putting it front and center, along with which farm it came from in the area.
I don't even buy blackberries anymore, we have so many of them growing wild around the home. Add the strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, it's a virtual cornucopia. I wasn't even aware until I moved up here that there are varieties of grapes that are hardy enough to survive the winters here. NH has something like 20 wineries and cider producers.
And we even have "Christmas tree farms." Exciting, that is, being able to buy a tree for a fraction of what one cost when I lived in CA, and you KNOW it's fresh, because you went out, picked it, and chopped it down yourself.