Have you checked out the benefits to buying locally? Check out the CSA boxes. I am seriously thinking it is a good idea to get a box. Great local farms!! Buy local! Buy in Season!! Click on the link and find a farm near you.
http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/

STOP ALL CURRIES ARE NOT THE SAME!!!! STOP THE CURRY HATING!!!
So, you see there is not just one curry. Curries are all different and with variations in mixtures. I find that people tend to clump them all together. I would say stews are made differently. Curries can be thin and thick and hot and or not!
If you plan on cooking curry find a recipe. A big secret, Fry your spices but don't burn it! Then add your meats or veggies. Like everything else you need to cook them and make them into a paste. Use oil and fry them in your hot oil, garlic and onions.
Below is FISH CURRY!! MMMM GOOD!!!
Wikipedia ----Curry (

Curry's popularity in recent decades has spread outward from the Indian subcontinent to figure prominently in international cuisine. Consequently, each culture has adopted spices in its indigenous cooking to suit its own unique tastes and cultural sensibilities. Curry can therefore be called a pan-Asian or global phenomenon with immense popularity in Thai, British, Japanese and Jamaican cuisines.