Sunday, December 06, 2009

Sustainable Food Movement and Workers

Great read in the SF Bay Guardian about the sustainable food movement and the complex issues surrounding its impact and interaction with the low-income families who supply labor for the sustainable and organic farms and who often can't afford the bounty of local, organic, sustainable food produced by the movement.

Like there isn't enough to think about already with buying/eating local, organic vs. not, small organic vs. industrial organic, eating meat or not, buying at farmer's markets vs. Whole Foods vs. Safeway, etc. - but the article highlights an interesting and important piece of how all this fits into society as a whole (not just the well-meaning, affluent foodies who have the luxury of making these choices). I also especially like how the article not only points out the problems, but also highlights people that are trying to work out solutions (i.e. Swanton Berry Farm and hiring unionized farm workers) to these issues.

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