Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

 "Whole Paycheck." I like that one.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/30/2007 at 10:34 AM linda wrote:

>Here we call "Whole Foods," "Whole Paycheck." But I understand they treat
>their employees well. I prefer buying from our small local markets and the
>farmers' markets in the summer/fall. They are truly fresh, organic and
>without the attendant problems of the large stores even Whole Paycheck.
>linda
>linda's organic gardens: http://photos.yahoo.com/womyn47
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>> 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.
>
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