Just when you think that you have it all figured out at the dinner table, someone brings up the starving children in Africa. Apparently people are eating too locally. That sweet potato that you bought at the local farmers' market just put six organic farmers in a developing nation out of work.Ok, not really but the issue over how far organic food travels in order to get to the grocery store has been a big enough concern that people are choosing to buy local. Third world farmers are feeling the pinch and may go back to conventional growing methods if organics cease to pay off. For the shopper this is a clearly "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario. It's enough to make your head spin.
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