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And he's obviously not a gardener, with that snooty attitude. I 
haven't read that "delightful" book, but no gardener I know is 
thinking primarily in terms of the bottom line. Not to mention that 
to get a $64 tomato, the author no doubt overbought or didn't 
amortize.

He would've done better to read the history of community gardens, The 
City Bountiful, where he would've learned that victory gardens during 
WW1 and WW2 provided a huge amount of food.

> On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Tradingpost wrote:
> >  A Balance Between the Factory and the Local Farm
> >  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/business/14every.html
> >  By DAMON DARLIN Published: February 13, 2010

> >  PEOPLE who grow vegetables in empty lots and schoolyards have a
> >  nice, wholesome hobby - but one that can make little sense
> >  economically. A few years ago, William Alexander wrote a delightful
> >  book chronicling his gardening travails, "The $64 Tomato." He
> >  revealed a truth about do-it-yourself gardening: It is more
> >  efficient to buy a fresh tomato in the farmer's market for $1.50 a
> >  pound.