Friday, March 02, 2007
Why...
...are nearly all the frozen organic vegetables sold in Whole Foods and Wild Oats from China?
Can't we grow vegetables here anymore? Is it really cheaper to ship frozen peas from China to Boston than from, say, western Massachusetts or New York?
And how, exactly, do we know that broccoli grown in China is "organic"?
Speaking of which, where, exactly, is this bucolic image of "Cascadia Farms" supposed to be:
...because most of their vegetables seem to come from China, too. Which is odd, considering that Cascadia Farms' parent company is named "Small Planet Foods." You can't actually get much farther away from here, planet-wise, than China.
Unless you decide to get organic vegetables from Uranus.
Oh, look: Small Planet's parent company is General Mills.
This might explain why Wal-Mart has announced it'll be selling organic produce in its stores. No doubt it's coming from the same place they get everything else.
Can't we grow vegetables here anymore? Is it really cheaper to ship frozen peas from China to Boston than from, say, western Massachusetts or New York?
And how, exactly, do we know that broccoli grown in China is "organic"?
Speaking of which, where, exactly, is this bucolic image of "Cascadia Farms" supposed to be:
...because most of their vegetables seem to come from China, too. Which is odd, considering that Cascadia Farms' parent company is named "Small Planet Foods." You can't actually get much farther away from here, planet-wise, than China.
Unless you decide to get organic vegetables from Uranus.
Oh, look: Small Planet's parent company is General Mills.
This might explain why Wal-Mart has announced it'll be selling organic produce in its stores. No doubt it's coming from the same place they get everything else.
