I've been struggling with this one. I know fresh and local is best but I live in New England and I'm just not willing to spend the winter without produce. I dry what I can but we need more veggies in our life!
I've seen arguments on both sides:
1 - Fresh and raw is always better so just buy organic
2 - When it's coming a long distance anyway frozen is likely to have been picked and frozen at the peak of ripeness and hold its nutrients better
I know I kind of work my way through this while using the dirty dozen list to determine what absolutely must be organic (yeah, all organic is better but our grocery bill for 2 people and 2 cats is already insane so I balance when I can). I figure broccoli has a long ripeness window so if it's coming from Florida I'll buy it but other veggies are more fragile and I choose frozen (organic spinach, for example).
I'm curious to hear how other people balance this dilemma