Now that’s a very good question. You may not accept my answer, but here it goes. The majority of the so-called fresh garlic that you buy in your grocery store comes from China, and from what I have read, it is irradiated so that it won’t spoil by the time it gets to the grocery store. I want to buy American fresh garlic, but the stores don’t offer it. So, I bought the garlic powder at the health food store that comes from American garlic and is not irradiated. I will still buy the inferior Chinese garlic, or Argentinian, or whatever, but it ticks me off that I don’t even have a choice to spend more money and buy the good stuff from California!!!!
Grow your own. Its very easy
I raise organic Garlic up here in Wisconsin. Just harvested 3000 heads of hardneck garlic. I sell it for $8.00/ lb. let me know if you want some.
Sam's Club's garlic is from Argentina, but it's way too much for me to use before it would go feral. I didn't buy fresh garlic from Meijer because there was no way of knowing its country of origin.
I'm disappointed to hear about Whole Foods. I have to drive an extra 30 miles to get to one (mostly because they carry steel cut oatmeal in bulk!) and was planning on buying it there. I'll pay a little extra for CA garlic.