MotherJones.com will have an expert-led reader forum April 13-17 around the provocative question that headlines this article: “Is organic and local so 2008?”
Even if you don’t participate, the article is worth reading.
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I’ve been keeping an eye out for evidence that the global financial crisis is prompting people on tighter budgets to abandon sustainable agriculture, local food, fair-trade food, organic food. Finally saw a survey on this out of Britain that suggests a cutback only in organic food purchases. “Ethical” food sales have not declined. Wonder if this pattern is true in the U.S.?
The latest angle on a story about a Chinese company at the center of a tainted milk powder scandal is its request for help from its city government to manage the media response, according to the People’s Daily.
This alleged crime of adding dangerous ingredients to food isn’t unique. Years ago, I recall a large Italian cooperative that got caught adding antifreeze to wine to cheaply increase sweetness and alcohol content.
I can’t help but think it is easier to poison when one has no direct contact with the victims. Morality aside, it just seems so incredibly risky.
So is this another strong point for local food? Or are there significant numbers of people harmed by local food — say bad batches of raw milk — and I’m just not aware of it?
