On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:17:12 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 04/03/2012 2:43 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>
>>> Aside from general pollution concerns, when you have fake plastic rice
>>> and eggs, melamine adulterated milk, bleached mushrooms, bean sprouts
>>> grown with antibiotics, etc. all coming from the one place... well,
>>> I'd rather just steer clear of any foods from there.
>>
>> I had a talk with the produce manager are our local grocery store and
>> expressed my concerns about the increasing amount of Chinese produce
>> they were stalking. His answer was that the Chinese have to eat too.I
>> told him that I would not buy produce from China, and that if I had to
>> go to a different store to get non-Chinese produce I would be getting
>> all my groceries there.
>
>Sounds like a good thing to voice. I think it is crazy to become
>more and more dependent on other countries for food--especially
>basics, and especially China. Also, how about foods that may
>emanate from the area affected by Chernobyl, etc., etc.?

Agreed, more people need to vote with their wallets and buy locally
produced food from local businesses.

That's what I do these days. Not doing this can only perpetuate the
current trends. I know it gets hard for those on limited incomes to
resist lower prices, but I often wonder just how hard they are really
trying (not all of course).

It's insane how product is shipped overseas, then comes back again to
the state or country or origin. Not to mention the loss of local
employment and infrastructure.