Read this and weep. I knew some of this but not all, if this is all true, heaven help us. (Long)

Yea, I know what you mean, but I feel it has made folks more aware

of where our food comes from, and that is a good thing. I'd get to feeling so bad when our grandkids were little and I would give them applesauce. They would not eat it because it was not in the right colored bottle. I'd tell them that grandma picked the apples off the neighbors tree and made it in my kitchen. You did not! they would say. I had that happen with Parmesan Cheese not coming out of the green can, and so much more. Now that they are older and I have had them here in the summers, they are appreciating the food more. The fact that we have become so global has added to the complexity of where it all comes from.

 
That is so sad Orchid. I had lunch with a friend on Friday. She lives in Yuma, AZ

she told me that the area used to be part of the Sea of Cortez, the loam is wonderful and since the temps in winter are in th 70's, the farms grow all sorts of veggies normally grown in the spring and summer in CA. The get all that good stuff all winter long buying from those farms. She said they ship all over. Which made me wonder why when I buy zucchini or other off season stuff because I want to make a certain recipe, I read it comes from Mexico. I don't recall ever seeing anything that says it comes from AZ in the winter. She lives in snowbird park called Cocopah, they leave for the summer to travel in their RV. She said the park often delivers free baskets of produce to the members in winter, because it is so prolific.

 
I'm afraid we would starve for 8 months if we had to rely on buy local. I don't read these things.

It would make me nuts, or more so anyway. We are eating fresh caught salmon and halibut right now. More in the freezer for the year. But I'll buy pork and beef and fresh or frozen veggies to supplement and can't worry where they come from. Not much choice up here, but more than before.

 
One more point I'd like to make....

... as you may have noticed, this is a subject that raises my blood pressure a little bit

California would be the first state of the US to suffer if we were to all eat local. Why? They produce far more food than they consume, so obviously their economy thrives for many reasons, but one of them is for their ability to provide food for the rest of the country (and world)

so, what the heck are we trying to preach here? Eat local, but allow me to sell you all my great produce?

and how about quinoa? EVERYONE seems to be on a quinoa kick. Does anyone really care where it comes from, and what is it doing (good or bad) to the economy of Peru? (by the way, I cannot make my mind as to what is the good answer here, it depends on who you read)

Ok, the bottom line for me is - you should eat local food. IF YOU CAN. But trying to force the local food movement as a nation-wide thing is simply naive. Or irresponsible. Or a mixture of both.

 
Well said, Sally.and exactly correct. We cannot all eat organic

food--or even local which your excellent post also pointed out. And probably will require GMO foods also==after all, genetic mutations has given us MANY good foods already.

 
It has always been my way of life due to being raised around grandpa's goats, rabbits

chickens, fresh eggs everyday, and a huge garden at both grandpa and my auntie's. We ate what we grew and raised. Grandpa fished too. My hubby is an ex butcher who owned his meat business in a small town. Can't say we ate organic and I was a kid and don't recall hearing that word until I grew up. I recall grandpa had a chicken manure pile and that must have gone into the garden at some point. He also made his own wine that was terrible for drinking but great in grandma's chicken soup. LOL

 
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