Treehugger has an older item from last fall, an "Eat Local challenge." I am dredging up this challenge because of an outrage I experienced recently. I live in California and we have Garlic Festivals up and down the coast every year. There are even several restaurants in LA that are "garlic restaurants." The Stinking Rose on La Cienega is one example. All of this is to say that we grow and eat tons of garlic in California. I went to the grocery store to buy garlic for a crown roast of lamb and found that my only option was a 5-pack of garlic grown in China! I am still flummoxed by this. How much energy it must take to ship one dollar's worth garlic thousands of miles from China to LA is a mystery to me. In following the Treehugger story, I found a website for an organization called Local Harvest. There, you can search for places to buy local food and produce by entering your zip code. Its a great resource that I highly recommend.