In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Emma Thackery" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> And, no matter what the wholesalers say, it's not related in any
> >> way to what Emma said, which was that if the produce is locally
> >> grown, it's less likely to be hosed with nasty chemicals.
> >
> > Hold on there, Bedroom. Those were neither my words nor context. What
> > I said was:
> >
> > "The more local a food is, the more likely it is to be fresher and the
> > less likely it's been over-handled, bruised, repeatedly sprayed, etc."
> >
> > Note that the key word there is "repeatedly". And, while I was thinking
> > mainly of substances used during shipping to retard ripening and the
> > like, I would also posit that the consumer will have a far easier time
> > finding out how locally grown foods are raised.

> I'm focusing on "local" and "less likely to be repeatedly sprayed". The
> chemicals used to retard ripening are the least of your worries.

I'm aware of that and I never indicated otherwise. But the focus of my
original comment was the shipping cycle. You can't argue that I know
nothing about or was wrong about oranges simply because I only discussed
apples.

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