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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well
- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:51:08 -0500
>"What happened to the good produce? Why is it that >our stores have
only second- or third-rate stuff any >more, even at the height of the
season?"
Because it used to come from more local sources. Now, big-box
stores want to reduce the number of sources because it gives them pricing
leverage and more control over flow of product. That means they need it from
sources that can supply almost 12 months/year. That means California, Florida
and Mexico. So the products travel thousands of miles, are handled more,
take more time, and respire all their goodness away before it gets to the
market. The product is alive when picked but they just treat it like a
commodity. I've watched many big produce farms in the Midwest disappear because
they can't compete all-year around.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food
Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html |
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[Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
nitag, 08/08/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/08/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
Heirloom Grower, 08/08/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, Bill Shoemaker, 08/08/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
Heirloom Grower, 08/08/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, Pat Meadows, 08/08/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
road's end farm, 08/08/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, Pat Meadows, 08/09/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
Robert Schuler, 08/08/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, Bill Shoemaker, 08/09/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 08/08/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, STEVE GILMAN, 08/09/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well, guyclark, 08/09/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] NYTimes.com: Food That Travels Well,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/08/2007
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