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What does this mean for us? It means that instead of eating a tropical fruit that took a lot of energy to transport to your grocery store, you go to your local farmers' market and buy what's been grown locally.
Hey, now that's a diet I don't mind at all!
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3-31-2007 @8:14PM Charles said... oh sure, go to your local farmers market. Wake up dummy, they sell the same crap as your local chain grocery store. Local grown, what a laugh! All the plum and fig trees in our area died years ago from the pollution put out by our refineries that make your gasoline. If you could find a pick ur own orchard, maybe it would work, but then you probably have to drive an hour there and an hour back. Not too environment friendly.
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4-01-2007 @1:48AM andre wong said... if you have access to the Economist, an interesting article about the environmental economics of farmers markets among other things:
http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RPRTPSV
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4-01-2007 @9:18PM calamari said... "Eat locally" from the seasonal bounty is great if you live somewhere like California's Central Valley, where there is a long growing season and a wide variety of produce. Most of it comes from corporate farms, of course -- you're not necessarily supporting a family farmer.
Back East and up North, where the growing season is shorter, seasonal eating was actually a nutrition problem in the days before refrigerator trucks and canned veggies. People in regions with a harsh winter eat much more healthfully now, thanks to produce trucked long distances to their grocery store.
Same thing if you live in a city -- the produce at your farmer's market in San Francisco or Manhattan was grown quite a distance away.
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4-02-2007 @12:41PM Stephanie said... Thats awesome. My school's cafeteria has Bon Appetit cater. While their food is mediocre i have always appreciated their efforts in buying locally, using cage-free eggs, etc.
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