I don't care where my food comes from -- and neither should you.

UPI ^ | September 26, 2002 | Ronald Bailey

[DoughtyOne]

When strawberries were imported from Mexico, it was revealed that they were free to use waste water we're not up here. We spent our first two hundred years bettering this nation only to trash our standards in the interest of corporate profits. I don't like to address it this way, but the truth is the truth. Health be damned, just so long as somebody can claim higher profit margins.

[goodieD]

bravo! I loved this article (not least of which because I'm what's commonly known as a "foodie".. not a food snob, mind you.. but there's so much wonderful stuff out there available these days, that's it become somewhat of a ..well.. comsuming passion.

[gcruse]

The younger people of today, dagnabbit!, take for
granted the year round availibility of fresh fruit
and vegetables that we have now. I'm afraid they have
this illusion that the produce comes from just
across town, not a worldwide system of trains, trucks,
planes, and international trade agreements.
And that is fine. But when they start parroting
the leftist line of protective tariffs, 'fair' trade,
ecofriendly coffee, and environmental investing, they
are tearing down the structure that brings them the
carefree dining they take for a given.

[independentmind]

Yuck. I hate Reason magazine. The author lives in his head.

[eggman]

Sounds a bit like how I and my wife both grew up, except we still raise our own chickens and most of our own veggies. I also build and fixing my own computers. Not because I have to, but because I enjoy doing it for myself and I know just how good and fresh it is. And gardening is a great stress reliever.

Of course the food in the stores is fresher and safer than it was 40-50 years ago. But knowing where it comes from and how it was grown doesn't hurt. This guy might be happy eating Soylent Green.

[gcruse]

Yuck. I hate Reason magazine. The author lives in his head.

I live in mine, too.  Evidently you live out of your head?

[Senator Pardek]

Don't listen to Betty Bowers. She's a populist, and she "wants her cake and eat it, too". She has no idea how wealth is created. Bringing back ankle-length dresses and defeating "corporatism" will save "Murrica".

Sing hallelujah!

[gcruse]

 I also build and fixing my own computers. Not because I have to,
but because I enjoy doing it for myself and I know just how good and fresh it
is.
 

LOL  Yeah, there's nothing like a byte of
fresh motherboard smothered in good
old Log-on Cabin Syrup!!

[gcruse]

We are by necessity at the mercy of civilization.
Those who find this unacceptable fly planes into buildings.

[independentmind]

I should have known you couldn't let sleeping dogs lie, Pardek. Shall I remind you that you are breaking forum rules? Still stewing over our last conversation, hmmmm? I must have really struck a nerve. LOL!

If you really don't understand the importance of where food comes from, my guess is that New York has infected your brain.

[Senator Pardek]

Or the more tame rant about "lack of civilization" on PCs made available to the average dummy by - you guessed it! "CORPORATISM!"

[Senator Pardek]

The best food comes from corporations, and the crappiest comes from "poor farmers".

Deal with that fact, and you'll sleep better at night.

It will be a great day in America when the last "independent" farmer is on welfare.

[dennisw]

Put me down for local food and organic if possible. I'm a techno-peasant at heart.

[independentmind]

Perhaps you can explain to me, then, why many of the oh-so-chic go-there-to-be-seen restaurants in Manhattan are constantly on the look-out for exotic ingredients from boutique farms.

[RightWhale]

fresh grown and local grown is certainly tastier and healthier

Even Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are edible when fresh-picked.

[Senator Pardek]

Perhaps you can explain to me, then, why many of the oh-so-chic go-there-to-be-seen restaurants in Manhattan are constantly on the look-out for exotic ingredients from boutique farms.

Because they cater to people who pay $200 for a pair of jeans which cost $5 to make.

And do really think those $300 dollar-a-plate restaurants don't buy ingredients at the local bodega? Wake up - LOL!

[goodieD]

Well that's the problem with leftists, they have no concept of reality, everything for them is emotion and utopian ideals. Manna comes from the government,(in their eyes) and if they would just tighten those restrictions, it could all be organic manna.

[nopardons]

The BEST duck, in the world, comes from Long Island. Yes, will wonders never cease ... there ARE still fams on Long Island. N.Y.C. restaurants don't buy dicks and geese from Zimbabwe, or India, or Brazil.

Long Island sweet corn , unlike the hog swill, that is grown in the midwest, is also without peer ; though, truthfully, my local Conn. corn is also very tastey.

Woner of wonders, Jersey has always produced wonderful produce too and the fancy Manhattan restaurants, which you patently don't know much about, do buy local produce.

Exotic ingrediants, aren't all that " exotic " to those used to eating in N.Y.C. or any other large metropolis.

Just what do you suppose is served in expensive restaurants, anway ? Great chefs get paid a lot of money, fads come and go, and most expensive / chic restaurants don't rely on " special " ingedients, to lure people into their establishments.

[independentmind]

Ever study the Irish Potato Famine, Pardek?

BTW, you may want to do a little research on boutique farms that do nothing but cater to the supposedly refined tastes of Manhattanites. I'm quite a serious cook, you know. (I do that in between lengthening all of my dresses down to the floor--by hand, course.)

[dennisw]

Even Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are edible when fresh-picked.
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Nothing like a stalk full of Brussels sprouts that have been through a frost or a freeze. That's living!