Supporting the right economy
The new hip leftie thing is caring about the environmental evil of transporting goods around the world. Lotsa planes and trucks belching aero-nasties. The solution is eating only that which is produced within
a 100-mile radius.
I'm not sure how we're going to equalize power and capital on this planet without trade. Local production is good, but it's not a panacea. And certainly we're turning the bio/organo/free-range food industry into something that further separates the poor from the rich, who can afford the higher costs of certified pesticide-free-all-organic-edibles. And the 100-mile diet takes more time than I'm willing to give to foodstuffs.
Is it truly horrible to buy lemons? Cuz I'm gonna buy lemons.
Oh, but wait! It turns out that trade is good. As
This Magazine notes in the May issue, "A new brand of coffee is catching the attention of fair trade consumers across Canada -- one produced exclusively by women in the mountainous Andes of Northern Peru. Both product and project, enterprise and experiment,
Cafe Femenino is transforming the roles of women in coffee-producing communities. Although still in its infancy, it could also be the new face of fair trade."
Lefties screw the environment and buy products from far away if they're produced by the right minority group.
One world, eh.