Comments on: Another Concern Troll Worries About Locavores http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/another-concern-troll-worries-about-locavores/ A blog in support of local food in the Great Lakes region. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:42:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: live the dream 2 http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/another-concern-troll-worries-about-locavores/comment-page-1/#comment-71 live the dream 2 Sat, 21 May 2011 04:50:29 +0000 http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/?p=389#comment-71 Simply a quick note to let you know I appreciate you making to create this post. It gave me a better plan to apply in my business. I'm happy to become learning from your beneficial insight. Simply a quick note to let you know I appreciate you making to create this post. It gave me a better plan to apply in my business. I’m happy to become learning from your beneficial insight.

]]> By: MW http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/another-concern-troll-worries-about-locavores/comment-page-1/#comment-69 MW Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:36:31 +0000 http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/?p=389#comment-69 IT's TRUE ! E-coli at Big meat packers have killed people. But, it seems, the locavores leave out the fact that li'l local meat packers also had e-coli outbreaks that killed people. True that the little local packer affects a relatively small number of people. But, are we going to simply trade 10 big outbreaks per year, each affecting 1 million people each for 10,000 little outbreaks per year affecting 1000 people each ? I just don't see how keeping food production local make the producers more moral than big producers. It also seems that we'll need a much larger army of inspectors to oversight the geometrically more packers that would result from locally grown dominated food supply. IT’s TRUE ! E-coli at Big meat packers have killed people. But, it seems, the locavores leave out the fact that li’l local meat packers also had e-coli outbreaks that killed people. True that the little local packer affects a relatively small number of people. But, are we going to simply trade 10 big outbreaks per year, each affecting 1 million people each for 10,000 little outbreaks per year affecting 1000 people each ?

I just don’t see how keeping food production local make the producers more moral than big producers. It also seems that we’ll need a much larger army of inspectors to oversight the geometrically more packers that would result from locally grown dominated food supply.

]]> By: Jack http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/another-concern-troll-worries-about-locavores/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jack Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:16:20 +0000 http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/?p=389#comment-52 I agree completely. But I think most of the naysayers who actually get articles published don't have a sincere concern about the "inconsistencies", as the NYT writer claims. I think there is an agenda out there to undercut any alternatives to the big food system, promoted by the industry. But I agree with you completely that reason most people prefer locally produced food is because IT"S BETTER. And I agree that the more people discover that fact and shift their food purchases towards local, more farmers will see an opportunity to serve the expanding market. Thanks for reading! I agree completely. But I think most of the naysayers who actually get articles published don’t have a sincere concern about the “inconsistencies”, as the NYT writer claims. I think there is an agenda out there to undercut any alternatives to the big food system, promoted by the industry. But I agree with you completely that reason most people prefer locally produced food is because IT”S BETTER. And I agree that the more people discover that fact and shift their food purchases towards local, more farmers will see an opportunity to serve the expanding market. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Victoria Rose http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/another-concern-troll-worries-about-locavores/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Victoria Rose Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:03:14 +0000 http://www.greatlakesrealfood.com/?p=389#comment-51 The naysayers drive me nuts. Don't lecture me about why I eat local! I live in a green belt and the peaches melt in your mouth...no grocery store around can beat the taste of local fruit when it's in season. I think it's funny too that many articles say that there's not enough food in a region to feed everyone. Do they forget that once upon a time we had LOTS of farmers and that wasn't a problem. If 100% of a community turned to locavorism (and you know that will never happen) then the demand would cause more people (maybe all of our unemployed!) to turn to farming. The naysayers drive me nuts. Don’t lecture me about why I eat local! I live in a green belt and the peaches melt in your mouth…no grocery store around can beat the taste of local fruit when it’s in season. I think it’s funny too that many articles say that there’s not enough food in a region to feed everyone. Do they forget that once upon a time we had LOTS of farmers and that wasn’t a problem. If 100% of a community turned to locavorism (and you know that will never happen) then the demand would cause more people (maybe all of our unemployed!) to turn to farming.

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