Being interested in folk music and being environmentally aware seem to go hand in hand with a lot of people.

We used to own a (tiny) smallholding near Tarporley (Cheshire, UK) and were all organic. We produced goats milk and cheese and free range rare breed eggs which we sold to a health food shop in Chester (plus farm gate sales). Unfortunately we lost everything just over 10 years ago and now live in a rented house but we still buy local produce and as much organic food as we can.

There are good farmers markets near us and a shop in a nearby village sells local (as in 2 miles down the road) pork and sausages, bacon etc. and it's very good so we buy from them.

Something my husband and I think about is whether we should buy 'organic' from the supermarket or local (but not actually 'organic') from the farmers and smallholders, small shops etc. near us. We tend to feel that it's even more important to buy locally than to guarantee that the food has a Soil Association label on it so our eggs, for example, come from a neighbour and we walk to collect them. They're not, strictly speaking, 'organic' but they are very good and our own eyes tell us that the hens are leading a healthy outdoor life.

Interesting topic, Greg - glad you started it.