Where I live now, all of the food has to be trucked in. There is a farmer's market but it isn't cheap, and because of the soil and the summer heat, a lot of fruits and veggies just don't grow here. Corn and soybeans which is what is farmed here, neither of which is meant for human consumption. When we moved here from CT, our grocery bill went up about $20 a week, and for almost the exact same items. I would have thought it would have been more expensive there, byt it is here. Beef is really expensive here too, yet there are beef farms nearby. It's trucked out, processed and then shipped back processed. That 15% brine that is in almost all the meat nowadays has to be injected somewhere else.
I'm glad Oliver is trying this out. If nothing else to educate people about the realities of food production.
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Date: 2010-03-28 09:08 pm (UTC)I'm glad Oliver is trying this out. If nothing else to educate people about the realities of food production.