In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article
,
Billy wrote:

The problem is that the profits from
"Wally World" leave (the local area), leaving the area that much poorer. If you buy
from a neighbor, the money will circulate locally.
--
FB - FFF

Billy

Sorry, misunderstood.

I do occasionally purchase from Farmers Market (when I remember to go)
but local produce stands are rare, and we don't have a good butcher shop
here in town.

Buying locally is just good for the area because it increases local
employment (improves taxes and local infrastructure), reduces the chance
of contamination (inherent in long distance transportation), allows
local farmers to produce diverse crops (which improves their income and
their soil) and the food tastes better.

Independent butcher shops, in this area of a half million people, are
usually found in rural areas, not in the shopping hubs. The tricks that
are played with meat can make you sick. Vacuum bags of pork ribs are
injected with ozone to make the meat look fresh. Aged hams are
cosmetically treated and re-offered as picnic hams. Nitrates are used to
make meat look fresh. According to Michael Pollan, animals finished with
grain are bad for you (omega-6/omega-3), where as the grass feed version
of the same meat is health neutral to beneficial.

Then you can wash it all down with a Texas Hill Country wine,
http://www.texaswinetrail.com/map.html . You live in the Hill country,
if I remember correctly.

Ever since I discovered Schultz's Weingarten in Austin and Fredricksburg
on the Internet, I've wanted to visit. Speaking of which, no good
butchers in Fredricksburg or New (Neu) Braunfels? Das ist ganz traurig.

Oh, and the people who already have the message could do us all some
good, if they could whoop the message up a little.
--
FB - FFF

Billy

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.
Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.
- Bob Marley