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Author Topic:   yet another food topic--Farmer's Markets
nator
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Message 1 of 15 (297321)
03-22-2006 1:27 PM


OK, so I'm going to try to get another food topic started.
I am really itching for spring to come so I can start to buy local produce.
Does anyone else support local agriculture by shopping at farmer's markets, visiting farm stands, or buying a share in a farm's harvest?

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nator
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From: Ann Arbor
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Message 4 of 15 (297361)
03-22-2006 4:39 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by EZscience
03-22-2006 3:30 PM


Re: Local production
quote:
you have to pay a premium price to get "all natural" pork or "Smart Chicken"
I look at it another way.
It's not that you are "paying a premium" for meat produced without shortcuts.
It's that you get a discount if you are willing to sacrifice quality.

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nator
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From: Ann Arbor
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Message 5 of 15 (297363)
03-22-2006 4:41 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by EZscience
03-22-2006 3:30 PM


Re: Local production
quote:
So the damn food-processing industry is now charging us extra to NOT contaminate our food. Makes me furious. Corporate America is truly responsible for the poor state of health most people have in this country.
This is only partly true.
We are also responsible for the businesses and business practices we support with our spending.
That's why I do not shop at Wal-Mart. Ever.

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nator
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From: Ann Arbor
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Message 12 of 15 (297514)
03-23-2006 9:02 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by Mespo
03-22-2006 4:43 PM


Re: Roadside stands all over the place
Ah, lovely.
I would encourage you to buy directly from the farmers as much as you can rather than from the Sparkle and other grocery stores which sell local products.
It means that the farmer makes more money, and it's very important that we keep small local farmers in business.

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nator
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From: Ann Arbor
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Message 13 of 15 (297516)
03-23-2006 9:08 AM
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03-22-2006 4:50 PM


Re: Local production
quote:
But in this case you are essentially paying the same company extra to NOT comtaminate your food. And look at it this way - they are actually getting to sell salt water by weight for the price of meat!
It should not be allowed by law, but the food industry lobbyists have the FDA in their pockets. They are no better than the pharmaceutical companies.
Oh, I didn't quite understand what you were saying before.
Yes, I agree with your assesment of the FDA.
At Zingerman's we had all sorts of problems with the importation of really fine food products. Half the time they would reject products because they just didn't know what they were.
There is an Italian chocolate manufacurer which used to be called Cuba-Venchi after several family names, but they had to change their name to just "Venchi" because, you guessed it, the morons at Customs thought the stuff was illegaly shipped from Cuba to the US via Italy.
It didn't matter that all of their paperwork was good, etc.
Dolts.

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