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<br /> ' � the world before it�s'eaten;.he�mused;:an orgazucsfood shll productst he-rephed;"I don,t lmow what local means Do
<br /> �� :ma.ybe•,`goodt fox�the consumer,,but�s it`good forFthe food a` ` �they use local peshcides?Dqes that mean�the food is . : '
<br /> z� ' systen??'� ' � , : ` :}, ; � � ' `better because theyfproduce local cancers?"
<br /> �' �; � ;Irhad never ieally,ttiought�about how my faod purcha"ses � }£ ` � ' + :;� r s-� �
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<br /> � :might affect�the food system.,�Even now I don�t'share the s� ' :} p��_ofwhich��}rthertangles my oiig�nal. �
<br /> � , `pess�mism and ascehcism of the local=eahng'set.Inher 2001�'`'` -
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<br /> �, .; �°memoirrTh�.s Organtic�•Lafe,�Columbia UmverSity nutntiomst . : (�u��n:,��'Q,rganrc�apple orthe
<br /> '`' ; <Joan�Dye Gussoyvtwntes that her commitrnent#o eahng �nventoonaf{ygrown loc�i:one?
<br /> �,� f` �locallyw,�s probably dnven by three things The first Ls ttie } • ;_ ,-
<br /> � r , ,. �, ,°�,; - ,. Y , .. ,�h'���e f; It,,tuins out to be a fivstrahngly�layerecl'choice„one that��un 1�-.
<br /> ; taste of hve fo �the�second�s m relation to fru p
<br /> ; ;� �third�my deep��oncerii about.the sta.Ee of the<plauet I}'= '..:, cat�es'many,other queshons�Wlia�s'tlie mosteffcienf way to �i
<br /> ;� , ,x,dont ha�,ve.�iueh�relat�on to�fiu`gahty,:ancl,peiliaps foolishly, � � giow.'food for.all?Shouldfarms Ue'big or small;'family::or '""
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<br /> L�,v�, ;Igm+more�ophmLShq thankGussow about�,our ability to '�� .-`^ �co rate run?H
<br /> ,� z; ,, : .� .,. • F rpq ,. , owtlo your choiees�affectthe'planet?=What �
<br /> � � , ;developx�alternative energy"sources:,. • � � Ytastes better?And then there's;thatlittle maiter of cancei
<br /> t�� _ , :;;, +Butd care deeply:aliout�hoYv my:food tastes,and it . Le�s g�t#liat.one out of;tlie wayat the start If scienhsts•• `�
<br /> , ,;,. Y. , _.:�;:��d conclusively,proye,that-agricultural chemicals aze°harm-
<br /> i : ,makes sense tliat a snow pea_grown b a local farmer and
<br /> � 4 'nevec zefngerated;will;retain more of its delicate � ,, � fiil,we would all;go oiganic.But iPs not clear,for, .
<br /> ,' 1 �leo�minous,flavor:than�one shipped in a fngid :�:��` �, instance,that the'lo��levels,of cide icall �� `
<br /> �� z ;plane feom�Guatemala.And I reahzed,that if,N, .: �^ � p: � �. '
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<br /> .�ound on..conventional4 roduce cause cancer The
<br /> � : .mo�e consumeis did"n't become,part of.;the local- �`�� nsks of long term e�pos�tre to those resldues are .
<br /> . � °food�narket,�xt;could ci�sappear+and all our peas r '�sti71 tmdetermined" , . �,� }{� `.
<br /> � •, would be those;tasteles_s Lttle pocc�s from far away �;� . Everi if convenhonal foods don't turn out to,lie�
<br /> � ;' Still„the faet Eliat not all locally grown praiucts �>� as dange=ous as orrgatuc adyocates claim,several'� .
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<br /> � ,- � are orgaruc had�me womed:�en if most '�•� recent studies have suggeskeci that orgazuc'foods' .
<br /> -Americans wanted to buy locally grown.organics; " contam lugher levels.of vitamins'than theu;�h '
<br /> ,�� ; they wouldn't tie able to:find many.In a few not= � conventionally:grown counte"rparts.In a paper+ .
<br /> tbo-dry;not too,wet,not,too-waiin regions— `; ; published in October.in the Journal of Agriet�lturccl
<br /> � cenhal Cahfomia�s one.=it�s possible to find abundant � arid Food Chemist�y,a team;from the University of California,
<br /> �' organic produce grbwn locally.But if you live in a humid Davis,demonshates that organically grown tomatoes have
<br /> r,�� climate,say,the moisture that encourages bacteria and fungi significanfly more vitamin�C than conventional tomatoes.
<br /> ,3� means that growing without peslicides is much more risky,ex Even so,the same study shows.no significant di.fferences
<br /> pensive and rare._Consequently,in the Hudson Valley of New between conventional and_organic bell peppers. ' •
<br /> `,� York,;near me,•it's very difficult to find fruit that hasri t been "We re just beginning to understand these relationships;'
<br /> '� sprayed with chemicals at least once.In other regions,hlce the says U.C.Davis food chemist Alyson IVlitchell,one of the
<br /> �+�" upper 1VUdwes��most big farms,don t grow any vegetables for .pape�s,authors."We understanc]„and have und.erstood for a
<br /> local markets,"congentional or organic. '
<br /> Instead;�they:produce �long time,thatthere is some relation between so�l k�ealth.and
<br /> ;� , eommochty crops lilce,eom and soybeans for sale to food � lant �
<br /> p quality,but we sh11 don't have a,sohd scienhfic database
<br /> � :, � processors At a large Hugo's grocery store m Jamestown,N D, to li.nk this to nutrition" �"
<br /> �; :� last summ,er,�I nphced only on.e localproduct.,$our,wluclias: . ?.'�Organic adlierents take if�on faith#hat the way food is
<br /> , milled,in state�from{local wliea�But there wer`e organic:; gtown affects its nutrihonal quahty But:advocates of loc'al '
<br /> apples and oranges from�out,of state ' �` ' ` ' � ea.` are'now maldn another lea .�sa.' what ha
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<br /> , Farmers,mark�ts often�feature,orgazuc produce�from . -�harvest=how food is shipped"anc�k�aridled �s;perhaps even�'
<br /> n�arby farms,but not everyone lives near a farmers , more unportant,than haw itwas grown:Locavores�m;;a s�te
<br /> ?�j • market,:,and�most products at;the markets aren t orgama popular among local punsts,a"sserts thak,"becduse locally , �
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<br /> : I ve been�totfarmers�markets;,and there s eopl�hauling grown roduce�s fresh ` �'" ' " 'r
<br /> �;� �,. ,5�; 7, , � �, ,. ,. ..}; p est,it�s�more nuinhonally complete Y � <
<br /> ` . 'stuff from�the,tcuck that they:got at a•wl�olesaler;:says . . But IGlitchell'says:stie�lmows of'no stuc�es t�iatpmve th�s:� �,:`t
<br /> � �y, _Joseph;,Mendelson III;,legal diiector of the Center far In shor�.science can t te11 you�what toteat for dinner 1Viany
<br /> ,���.F �:FoodzSafety,a�iberal Wash�ngton group that supports' � of us�end up"relying on the goye;nment to kee foodfsafe�or 5 :' k;,
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<br /> ��str�ong organrc�`standardsa�Mendelsom prefers thet"gold we�ust dont ttunk about it Foi those who`"do`startFto 't�un�C �.
<br /> ���� f^�`tandard,Fof lc�call` g owndor anics`biit he�i rather` ` ,,, '' `° . �;, r � � �.�''4�'�=�,.� ." ':,�f�
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<br /> *��� i�'?t;fngli�tenmg on�tt,�e sub�ect�ofanonorganic food,=whafever.� more'`alternative"grocers thari-"e`ver Tlie e are oiiline p�urveyors Y� �:�
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