Organic Produce

I love working with organic Produce, if I had a preferance I would always work with it the taste is far superior. I was recently at a function at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago and the topic was Organic foodstuffs. The problem that I had was that nobody brought up the cost of the stuff, it is very expensive & sometime hard to find. how can you expect to make a food cost goals & keep you diners happy at the prices same time. Any suggestions or comments

[Nicko]

I always had problems with the cost myself. What I found some of my friends doing was actually going to local growers and developing a good relationship with them. They were then able to get great organically grown products directly from the growers instead of going through the purveyors. I think this was one of the better solutions that I found. Takes a lot of work but at least you know exactly what you are getting.