ChrisOctober 19, 2007 13:38 EST

The one issue that I have noticed within this stream is food as a right for the end users (well eaters). Taking this from the other side, non-local farmers produce goods primarily for an export based local and national economy. How would they see or react to the eat local movement? It is understood that North American big business is involved in most these markets, say bananas. In the end the money (what small amount of it the farmer actually gets) does provide a livelihood for someone far away. By our own changing tastes or food politics we are not only changes our own local economies but are changing others around the world.

RickWOctober 24, 2007 22:49 EST

Food might well be a right, but is unrestricted reproduction of the human race also a right?

LynnOctober 26, 2007 16:38 EST

RickW, isn't that why we're here. That whole survival instinct thing- to me, that's not about rights, that's about species survival. If we all ran around worrying about our right to reproduce, humanity would have died out long ago and you wouldn't be here. For better or worse, that's the fundamental drive underlying our presence here on earth. It ain't pretty or glamourous or even a particularly mighty pursuit, but it's all we've got.

RickWNovember 01, 2007 22:50 EST

Lynn:
Unrestricted reproduction AND unrestricted access to food? 'Tis a very fine (and scary) path one treads with those two requisites.....

Culinary travel guideDecember 23, 2009 22:55 EST

eating organic is an new idea and sound interesting