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Giusi Giusi is offline
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"Dänk 1010011010" ha scritto nel messaggio

> I'm an American who is visiting Serbia, and though it >may seem a bit
> backwards at times, the food is >excellent.


Well, yeah, they are only a decade or so from genetic cleansing and the US
is 150 years past hers.

> All food seems to be locally grown, and Serbian farms >are small>
> independent operations, unlike the corporate >megafarms in America.
>


You are having an emotional response to something you only partially
understand. If you want to eat locally, without chemicals and no genetic
alteration, you can. You just have to pay for it. Cheap food means super
efficiency and underpaid seasonal workers. In other words it means the
panoply of companies you hate.

I don't even know the population of Serbia. The US is over 300 million and
the US also sells grains etc. to other countries. It's one of the few
things left we have to sell.

That leaves it your decision. Fifty nine cents a pound for chicken or three
dollars plus? Put your money where your mouth is.