You are where you eat
June 10th, 2008 4:05 pm · 8 comments
New twist on the old favorite:
For years, the idea of eating only food grown locally and in season was reserved for upscale chefs like Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., or serious hippies living off the grid, while the rest of us didn’t think twice about gulping down blueberries from Chile or avocadoes from Mexico.
Recently, however, a small but devoted number of Americans have started to think a lot more about the origin of the food going into their grocery cart. Worried about the environmental impact of shipping food hundreds of miles, plus the dwindling fate of local farmers – and obsessed with the idea of eating really good food – these extreme eaters try to only buy food that is grown within a 100-mile radius of their own home.
Given current trends, you might have no choice but to do this within a few years. And then won’t we all be glad we live in (still) agricultural Lancaster County?
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There are currently 8 comments on this blog postView Topic | Comment on this blogcharlie_crystle
6/10/08
8:02 PM | QUOTE(Lancaster Online @ Jun 10 2008, 04:10 PM) [snapback]399670[/snapback]
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Buy fresh, buy local, buy organic, chemical free food.
My wife runs Lancaster Farm Fresh, which is a co-op of about 30 mostly Amish farmers. We buy from local producers almost exclusively, breaking down occasionally for some good regional prosciutto, organic wine from California, or, well, pizza (the dough of which comes from who knows where).
It's not easy--takes some planning. The grocery chains suck at selling local food. But take that drive out to Miller's, or even Rhubarb's now has fresh produce. Eastern market has local producers, but Central Market only has 4. 4! THe biggest produce stand there imports from all over--truly unsustainable. Not to mention it's not organic.
BTW_buy from Tom Colton at Colton Organics! Stuff rocks.
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Pericles
6/11/08
8:25 AM | QUOTE(Lancaster Online @ Jun 10 2008, 04:10 PM) [snapback]399670[/snapback]
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It's a great idea, but what do we do in January?
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Mansfield
6/11/08
8:43 AM | Fuel, water (potable) and good topsoil is what you want to have (or live near) in the future.
Lancaster County is doing well in 2 out of 3.
LA and Phoenix simply aren't sustainable in the long run, at least not for the population levels/densities, and if you want AC!
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mam0412
6/11/08
8:51 AM | QUOTE(Pericles @ Jun 11 2008, 08:25 AM) [snapback]399853[/snapback]
It's a great idea, but what do we do in January?
Good old fashioned canning would do the trick.
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citizen-too
6/11/08
9:10 AM | QUOTE(mam0412 @ Jun 11 2008, 08:51 AM) [snapback]399864[/snapback]
Good old fashioned canning would do the trick.
You should beashamed of yourself to think of such a thing. Canning takes effort and it might make the house a little warm. How dare you come up with ideas that would make people work or even sweat. Maybe the government can come up with an idea.
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Pericles
6/11/08
9:14 AM | QUOTE(mam0412 @ Jun 11 2008, 08:51 AM) [snapback]399864[/snapback]
Good old fashioned canning would do the trick.
That's true, but I can buy 10 cans of green beans at the salvage store for a dollar. So for the time being, the incentives aren't there.
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mam0412
6/11/08
9:29 AM | QUOTE(Pericles @ Jun 11 2008, 09:14 AM) [snapback]399880[/snapback]
That's true, but I can buy 10 cans of green beans at the salvage store for a dollar. So for the time being, the incentives aren't there.
Just one of many ideas Pericles. You could also grow your own green beans and can them cheaper than the 10 cans for a buck. You could start a vegetable co-op in your own neighborhood. Maybe you could come up with your own ideas instead of constant whining just because Gil wrote an article.
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dee
6/11/08
3:15 PM | QUOTE(Pericles @ Jun 11 2008, 09:14 AM) [snapback]399880[/snapback]
That's true, but I can buy 10 cans of green beans at the salvage store for a dollar. So for the time being, the incentives aren't there.
Ewwww! Who would buy let alone eat that? Read the ingredients. You are getting more than green beans in those cans. Can your own, no unknown chemicals, cheaper than ten cents even.
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