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Default The Economist: Urban foraging - Salad daze - Hipsters are foragingfor greens in urban parks

On 12/14/2014 11:18 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:25:38 +0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex
> > wrote:
>
>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>> On 12/13/2014 7:46 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I like the implied assurance that my greens have not been peed upon by
>>>> every dog that lives within 500 yards of those vacant lots and city
>>>> parks.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>> Excellent point.
>>>
>>> Jill

>>
>> Fox, coyote, deer, and raccoon pee is much more nutritious.

>
> As is bird poop... every piece of produce ever eaten was pooped on by
> some birdie... and you don't even want to think about insect poop
> *inside* your produce. And yoose nincompoops paying double and
> tripple for organic, if there is no insect evidence, woim holes, and
> critter nips it ain't organic... damn low IQ fools.
>

I mostly buy produce from the local farm stand. When I buy cabbage, for
example, I don't get grossed out because I find a worm or grub in one of
the cabbage leaves. These farmers don't even claim to be "organic"
farmers. I don't know anyone who doesn't wash produce before using it.

This idea of paying someone to show people how to forage in public parks
and urban lots is yet another trendy fad. Some people have more money
than sense.

Jill