Grocers jump on 'local' produce bandwagon

'Local' produce finds favor

Under a cute farm-truck mural and the words "Home Grown," Wegmans in Hunt Valley offered eggplants grown so far away — the Netherlands — that their stickers were in French: "Aubergine." Also in that produce case: white asparagus from Peru, bell peppers from Canada — and, yes, some zucchini and yellow squash grown in the United States. No wonder shoppers are confused. Large grocery chains, eager to get a bite of the locavore movement, are promoting produce from nearby farms — even when they have little in stock.


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