"Most of us are not likely to give up spices, olive oil, rice, oranges, coffee
chocolate, nor should we feel guilty for consuming them:  they are
simply not grown in our climate. But we should feel ashamed about buying apples from
New Zealand and Washington state, garlic from China and Argentina, and peaches from
California and Chile.  " writes Gail Godwin Oliver, editor and publisher, Edible Toronto

Whaaaa? What's with this "guilt and shame".

What kind of person prefers to eat inferior food because it's local and shuns better imported food?

A political eater, that's who.

For myself, I eat for taste.

Anyway, where can i find right now a "fresh" apple from Ontario? They're senior citizens in the market. If there's a fresh picked Jazz flown in from NZ where I reckon they're picking apples now, I'd buy it like a shot. As for pears, Taylor's Gold is a knockout pear from NZ and again should be being picked right now.  Bring em on I say.

A couple of summers ago, I bought a peach flown in from Romagna-Emilia the day before. It was absolutely amazing! And it cost exactly the same as a peach from Niagara which funnily enough had been picked unripe and didn't match the full ripened flavour of the Italian.