Technically, I think that's a dogma, not a mantra. In a way, of course, one of the greatest triumphs of modern civilisation is that we now have so many folks who can afford to be picky about where their vegetables come from. I think that's great! More or less. However, I rather like the notion of getting certain produce all year-round...there's no talking me out of it, frankly.
Indeed. So the better mantra might be: "Eat food. Mostly vegetables." (Where food is defined as anything your great-great grandma would have recognized as food.)
I am fond of going with the seasons, but I am also fond of oranges, which do not grow here--any season.
In India or Nepal people are consuming exactly this kind of food, because it is local which means cheap. Locally grown vegetables is the cheapest food possible.
The main source of food is local markets, which operates at morning and evening times. Most of goods are managed to be sold the same day, and delivery agents adopts to this circles. So, each morning it is fresh.
If you enter into some local tea-shop or kitchen and take a look which kind of dishes they serve and how it was made and from which ingredients you could catch the idea.
Of course, most of fast foods are using not fresh or organic sources simply to get more profit, but if you can cook yourself you can choice whatever you want on nearest market.
