In my ethics class we have been studying ethics around how we treat the land. Today my TA was wondering out loud if it were morally wrong to eat a tomato that had been flown in from Mexico during the winter because of all the green house gas emissions that were produced in transportation. That made me think of one of my nutty customers at Bloomingfoods last summer. She was at the salad bar, and demanded,
“Why aren’t these greens organic!!?”
“Well, they actually are. But because they are grown locally and not certified, we can’t sell them as organic.”
Then she exploded.
“I don’t care if we have to kill the whole state of California!! You NEED to see organic greens here.”
So much for supporting the local community…
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