Premium Ingredients & Buying From Local Markets-- My 2 cents

I recently has a chance to cook with some premium quality and certified organic ingredients from Whole Foods Market for the Cameron's cask night. I have not shopped in an actual grocery store for a few years now, and I dont have a car, so I visit 3 different farmers markets on my bike just about every week to get my ingredients, it's become part of my ritual to search out ingredients and some might say that it's a time consuming endeavor, I find the whole process fun, and over the years I've found myself on a first name basis with many of the people working at the markets, and I have a great relationship with a family owned butcher shop as well. I bet that I spend about 3 hours a week hunting for ingredients, and chatting with farmers at the markets. The thought of shopping at a grocery store has not passed my mind for a long time, but I have to say the quality of the ingredients from Whole Foods were awesome, although the price was also quite a bit more. -- So if you have a busy schedule and cant afford the time to search out local markets Whole Foods is a viable source to get healthy, premium, local and organic ingredients.  If you have the time though, you can find the same quality from a variety of local markets for less money.... Just my 2 cents.