That basically sums up Whole Foods right there anyway. I mean, who the heck can afford to shop there except for crazy celebs anyway?
In all seriousness though, yeah, local and/or organic stuff is expensive . . . but, that also explains why the quality is better too. Case in point: there's a local co-op market in my town, everything is stinkin' high there - a gallon of milk is $6! But, the milk is amazing, and until I tasted it, I had no idea what real milk tasted like, it's so much better than brand-name milk you get in grocery stores that range anywhere from $3-5 a gallon, because the cows that produce this milk are pretty much free-range cows that consume nothing but grass - no growth hormones, none of that fake stuff, and man . . . again, the taste is amazing.
As the saying goes: you get what you pay for.