People in big cities all over the world get very nice produce from the surrounding rural areas, and there is no reason they cannot get organic meat the same way. That is certainly what is happening where I live (and I know it is happening in England and Scotland from reading articles about it). We knew the entire life story of the animals that are sold in the very popular market near my house, and they are organic, free range, vegetarian fed animals, killed compassionately. We go to the farmers' fields to pick fresh produce on our own in season, and it is also very available in local stores, and there are farmers' markets in every area of the metro region.
There are different vegetables available in winter. Perhaps some people have forgotten about them--they are root vegetables! Cooking with seasonal vegetables is all the rage in restaurants here. It is artificial and weird to be getting produce from all over the world all the time, and unnecessarily nutritionally. And in the third world countries where farmers are clearing the rain forest, etc. to grow crops for export that their families cannot eat--they are not making any profits doing that! They cannot feed their families! It would be far better for them to go back to growing a variety of produce their families can actually eat.
New York City has a HUGE demand for organic produce, incidentally (and more organic and vegetarian and vegan restaurants than you could ever imagine). It is a world center for the new organic, sustainable way of eating. And if you look at the rapid growth of Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Wild Oats, just to name a few of the biggest mostly organic stores, you will see them spreading rapidly everywhere in America as more people insist on eating this way. |
