Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

What's the best option for off-season?  Farmer's markets near us are only open Apr - Oct (?), at the same time we're able to grow our own produce.  We canned and froze stuff a few decades ago and don't want to do that again (not very time or energy efficient for small quantities).  At the moment, I can't think of anything better than HEB 15 minutes away, or Whole Foods an hour away.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: TradingPostPaul

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:44 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Whole Foods

A more serious problem with Whole Foods is it's not exactly "whole" at all.
90% of their grocery items are processed and not local, shipped from who
knows how far away, with the attendant loss of nutrients and taste. Hardly
"whole" foods. Anything packaged or boxed is processed. As for their
prices, they can't compete with fresh farmers' market produce. In my area
at least, the markets have more reasonable prices. And in fact we find
better prices on the groceries we have to buy, at Trader Joe's and
Sunflower Market. And both carry more organic produce than Whole Foods. We
have no reason to pay Whole Foods prices.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 3/30/2007 at 8:57 AM Pego Rice wrote:

>Most of the arguments about Whole Foods turn out to be
>gripes and kvetches.  I can nater on about how they
>sell that nasty foreign produce (always clearly marked
>as conventionally grown) that has so much pesticide on
>it but their buyer always seems to get the tastiest,
>buying in volume has it's nice moments.
>
>The only 2 real complaints that I have about WF is
>their anti-union stance.  The guy that started it all
>is quite anti-union, and paternalistically feels that
>if he provides a great place to work he shouldn't have
>to put up with unions.  He does generally make a great
>place but his idea of a great place is only his own,
>without outside input, even so, he has been right
>enough to make the list of the top 50 places to work.
>
>The other complaint is that WF does tend to make it
>more difficult for small stores to stay in business.
>A typical corporation complaint and there are pro's
>and con's about it <shrug> The Yay is about an organic
>and local oriented business making sexy good.
>
>
>Yours, Pego
>
>



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