tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240488540953605755.post468241229456077413..comments2023-12-12T06:16:05.950-08:00Comments on meghan eats local: In Defense of Locavorism: Let's Cultivate Our GardenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269954664845031971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240488540953605755.post-90339733150819001712012-07-12T03:10:15.582-07:002012-07-12T03:10:15.582-07:00This is the first time I've been to your websi...This is the first time I've been to your website. Thank you for providing more information.\n<i>Also see my website</i> - <b><a href="http://binsadelaide.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Skip Bins Adelaide</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240488540953605755.post-91351538276577063012012-07-09T16:28:18.497-07:002012-07-09T16:28:18.497-07:00Haven't read the book; just heard about it tod...Haven't read the book; just heard about it today listening to NPR. I have always preferred to get what foods I can at a farmers market or farmstand for a few reasons: 1. It may cost the same as at a grocery, but all my money goes to the farmer who grew it, rather than a fraction to the farmer, another to the truckers, and a lot to the retailer. Thus I help keep local farmers in business. I think that is a good thing in the world. 2. The food at the farmers market/farm stand is as fresh as I can get it (other than growing my own). There is nothing so good as a warm, ripe tomato just off the vine, or sweet corn, just picked. If I still ate meat, there is nothing like fish just caught that day. Sure the other stuff is OK, just not as wonderfully good. 3. Food imported from all over the world may not meet our country's standards for safe pesticide use, worker sanitation etc. and we don't have enough inspectors to send all over the world to find out. 4. Who knows what the working conditions are on farms in, say, China. Garlic from China may be just as cheap as locally grown, but it is no better; garlic is not a seasonal food (it is dried for storage after all); it grows in lots of places here, and why should we contribute even more to our imbalance of trade for something no better than what is widely available from here? 4a. What form of government are we supporting by buying food from abroad? Do we care? Maybe we should.<br />Thanks for your blog. I agree--we must all tend our gardens.michigoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625598564066463728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240488540953605755.post-71693883015781332732012-07-05T18:58:25.478-07:002012-07-05T18:58:25.478-07:00Hi Dave,
Thanks for your note! That's what I&#...Hi Dave,<br />Thanks for your note! That's what I'm aiming for :)<br />Best,<br />MeghanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269954664845031971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240488540953605755.post-51017497248817750832012-07-03T21:48:22.648-07:002012-07-03T21:48:22.648-07:00Meghan, I appreciate your measured approach. May ...Meghan, I appreciate your measured approach. May you live to become a beacon of reason in these bifurcated times.Dave the Wine Merchanthttp://www.davethewinemerchant.comnoreply@blogger.com