Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Grist - The omnivore's other dilemma: expanding access to non-industrial food

By Bob Comis
March 29, 2011

"...[R]eal food security is not only about developing infrastructures to make it possible to get local meat into supermarkets like Price Chopper. There is cultural work to do as well, including changing the "race to the bottom" supermarket mentality. Supermarket executives and managers need to be convinced of the value of supporting farmers by paying decent prices for non-industrial meat, and in turn, taking less of a profit margin to keep the prices down to help provide real food security. That is asking a lot of large corporations acting in competitive markets..."

http://www.grist.org/locavore/2011-03-29-access-farmers-market-pastured-pork

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