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ANNIE'S VEGGIES ***
Hwy 101, Beaufort, 542-0471.
T-Sat 9-5:30

BUCK'S CORNER/Jerry Meadow ***
339 Whitehouse Fork Road
[corner on Rt 24] Peletier, 728-8147

COASTAL COMMUNITY MARKET ***
506 Broad Street, Beaufort, 728-2844
T 11-6, W-F 11-7, Sat 9-5.
Organic bulk foods, special diet needs, cheeses, local fresh bread, honey, eggs, fresh local produce, delivered organic produce, frozen items.
Fair Trade products, organic wines.
www.coastalcommunitymarket.com

COLLARD SHACK ***
Hwy 70E, Otway, 241-9751
M-Sat 9-6, Sun 1-6

CURB MARKET
13th & Evans streets, MHC, 222-6359
closed winter, open May to September, Sat 7:30-11:30
Local growers sells their produce and homemade pastries, flowers, crafts.
They welcome more produce vendors!
[Jarvis Weeks and Glenn Taylor sell their fresh produce grown on their Bettie farm, sell only their own produce; Stephen Wesley sells his organically grown vegetables and shares information as a Master Gardener, sells only his own produce]

DAVIS SHORE PROVISIONS ***
Hwy 70 E, Davis, 729-0011
Monday-Saturday 7:30am to 6pm

EDGEWATER GARDENS ***
358 Hwy 70E, Williston, 729-1842
M, T, Th, F, Sat 9-5,
Produce, seeds, starter plants. Reseller of local honey,
Mickie Taylor's jams and jellies, Phil's BBQ sauce.

FRIENDLY MARKET ***
Friendly and Bridges St, MHC, 808-7954
[Hosting Quinn and Garner Farms & Mindy's Special baked sweet & savories]
FRIENDLY MARKET in Atlantic Beach, Friday 5-8pm
www.thefriendlymarket.com

GARNER'S FARM ***
173 Sam Garner Road, Newport, 223-5283
M-F 8-6, Sat 8-5, Sun - call first

GUTHRIE FARM ***
195 Guthrie Farm Road, Bogue, 393-2254,
M-Sat 10-6, Sun 12:30-5:30

MERRELL'S CENTURY FARM ***
1725 Hwy 101, Beaufort, 241-5278
M-Sat 8-7, Sun 1-5  
email: farmjoe@ec.rr.com

NELSON GOODING
Rt 70 & Gooding Rd, Beaufort, 732-5559
Sells his own produce

QUINN'S FARM
906 Nine Foot Rd, Newport, 223-2741
email: quinnproduce@yahoo.com

SCOTT ORGANIC FARM
906 Nine Foot Rd, Newport, 224-1809,
540 Scott Farm Road, New Bern
[closest organic farm to Carteret County,
selling from their farm stand and at the New Bern Farmers Market]
email: scottfarmorganics@yahoo.com   www.scottfarmorganics.com

SIMPSON FARM ***
743 Hwy 70E, Bettie, 728-3508
M-F 9-6, Sat 9-3
Cooked and uncooked collards, varieties of sweet potatoes, preserves, low sugar cream pies, nutty cream bars, muffins, cookies, cakes, pies. email:ssimpson@ec.rr.com

WILLIS FARM
Willis Farm Road & E. Chatham Street, Newport, 223-5227
M-Sat 8-7, Sun 10-5

WINBERRY'S FARM ***
1006 Cedar Pt Road, Cedar Point, 393-2281, Daily 8-6

CECIL GILLIKIN, Fresh FREE RANGE eggs from 40 Black Star hens, sells from his home and at Coastal Community Market, 703 Hwy 70E, Bettie 728-3003

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Fair Trade vs. Local

When thinking about supporting a healthier food system, you might find it hard to buy all local items and wonder what to do in those cases.

For example, there are some things that we in the United States just can’t grow ourselves, such as bananas, coffee, certain teas, and chocolate. When buying these, opt instead for fair trade items, because they support local communities and the environment.

What exactly is a fair trade item? The values of fair trade are very similar to those of a sustainable food and farming system. In fact, according to the nonprofit TransFair USA, a third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, “purchasing items that are fair trade certified guarantees that they were produced and traded in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible way. When you buy Fair Trade Certified products, you support the well-being of families, communities, and the earth.”

But many people wonder if buying items, even if they are fair trade, from so far away is really a good answer given the negative environmental consequences of transportation.

One group, international Fair Trade Town movement, has looked at this and has found that supporting fair trade can support a fair global response to climate change. “In some cases fewer carbon emissions actually result from growing and transporting fair trade products than local.” The group found that was true for some items that were shipped to the United Kingdom by sea.

Fair Trade Town movement wonders whether it is enough to simply ask for local, and encourages people to make sure their food is both local and sustainable — something I have written about on Care2 several times.

Fair Trade Town also has expanded to the United States, and has several US city members including San Francisco, Taos, and Oakland, California.

Ultimately, as with the coffee and chocolate we all love, there are instances when it’s just not possible to buy both local and fair trade, and it seems extreme to always “pit” them against one another. To me, the best solution is to be mindful of the production issues involved in the products we buy by and to use a combination of the two when shopping.

To be sure that what you are buying is really a fair trade item, visit the TransFair USA website and search for where to buy items here.

To find locally grown items, search Local Harvest or the Eat Well Guide.

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