Agreed, I worked for a short while in a restaurant that ran completely on organic and locally sourced food. It's expensive, and you have to keep a rotating and ever-changing menu, but it's definitely worth it. Plus, I live in a bit of a hippy town, and the market for a place like that is huge, even if it is pricey.
Yeah, I try and only buy whole foods from as close to local as I can get or from sources that I've grown to trust through community ( items such as yam, plantains, etc.) Eventually, you have to make a decision to buy something you don't really know the origins or method of production for simply because of how pervasive the established industry is. That's not fucking cool and it upsets me.
Agreed, and it doesn't help, too, that programs like SNAP and WIC make it harder to do so as well. WIC specifically states in a few cases that "organic" foods aren't allowed. Thankfully, we've got a couple farmer's markets that accept SNAP. Being both a chef and social worker gives me the weirdest perspective on these things, but a lot of people overlook how hard it is to eat healthy, even with food benefits.