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Several new Dallas-area restaurants offer organic and locally produced menu items in an appeal to environment…and health-conscious diners. It seems like “locavores” are growing in number everywhere in the United States–even in Dallas, despite its conservative political bent and prominent placement on annual “America’s Fattest Cities” lists. Unfortunately, the locavore movement faces major hurdles as food-safety acts making their way through Congress would impose regulations that would disproportionately hurt small-scale producers. Hopefully, lawmakers will realize the folly of threatening family farms with absurdly high fines for such offenses as failing to maintain a complete list of customers. I sure don’t want my name on a list for buying a roadside watermelon. Until then, First Sunday Organic Farmer’s Market offers local and organic meat and produce at North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Road. Call 214-363-5316 or visit nhg.com for information.
Sun., April 5, 2009
