Mookie > wrote in news:1a62b9c3-04d8-
:

> On Oct 20, 12:17*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>> Interesting piece on the global food chain in the LA Times this
>> morning. I'd be interested to learn the opinions of the denizens of
>> rfc:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...a-oe-gottlieb-
garlic-...
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/28o7wqm
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> --
>>
>> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
>> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
>> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
>> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines
>>
>> To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"
>
> It seems to me that he makes some valid points. It is nice to have
> fresh fruit out of local season, but often, in my experience, it is
> not of high quality. I hate that family farms are being forced out of
> existence by multi-nationals. Once they are completely in charge, see
> how high food costs go. I make an effort not to put any chinese
> imports into my mouth. They obviously have few or no qualms about
> food safety.
>

most of the food producers here in the states have been pushing "buy
local" for years. our supermarket purchases all their produce in season
locally.
it takes a bit of doing but a lot of produce can be u.s grown enforced.
apples, grapes, melons, are mostly grown oversea's. you have to really
look to see where it comes from. hasn't the u.s.d.a started to require
notification of origin on all produce since the tomato scare?