Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Don't (blindly) buy local

Ezra Levant interviews "The Locavore's Dilemma" author Pierre Desrochers to talk about the "wisdom" of Ontario's Local Food Act:



There are many reasons not to buy local.

3 comments:

  1. One of the things i constantly see is at Farmers Markets the ones selling the produce do not have a F designate on their license plate that shows they are not a farmer.If they are not growing it themselves then they are going to the Terminal and buying the produce from who knows where.

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  2. Yes, and they sell at prices much higher than the grocery stores' prices for the same product. A sucker's market for righteous locavores who believe they're "doing the right thing".

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  3. Because local Canadian oranges are so good....

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