10 reasons to eat local

Recently I heard someone saying "Local is the new 'organic'".  I don't think that quite covers it. But when faced with a choice of either a local non-organic product or an organic product flown in from Australia, I tend to go with the local products.  However if it's anything with much fats in it I'd probably steer toward organic because pesticide residues collect, concentrate and accumulate in fats. 

Here is a post with 10 excellent reasons to choose local.