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Tue, 22 Jul 2008

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss

I don't know what to think about this trend - part of me wants to yell "Yippee! They're finally getting it!", but another part of me thinks the folks who do this are missing the point entirely, and simply substituting one set of middlemen in the food chain for another.

A new breed of business serves city dwellers who insist on eating food grown close to home but have no inclination to get their hands dirty.

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On 7/25/2008 17:28:12
thorolf wrote

Wow. I thought I'd gone over to the yuppie dark side by hiring a housecleaner and signing up for Door-to-Door Organics (through a pilot program at work), but that's slightly disturbing. On the other hand, for folks like me who wouldn't know an aphid from a hornworm (actually, I do know that one...), this may be an interesting option. And it's a way for talented gardeners to 'go pro', as it were.

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