tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post658541805427945909..comments2023-12-19T03:38:23.085-05:00Comments on Note to self:: Square peg, round holeTeaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-82500423528205986262007-08-16T18:48:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:48:00.000-04:00I can certainly understand your urgent need for pi...I can certainly understand your urgent need for pie.<BR/><BR/>And if we need any more confirmation that Whole Foods is not a benevolent force out to save the world, there's <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/business/15food.html" REL="nofollow">this article</A> today from the Associated Press.Teaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-50659599998824759342007-08-16T11:05:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:05:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks for the link!! I've heard similar thi...Hey, thanks for the link!! I've heard similar things about "cage free" eggs... Opting out entirely is really the only way to go, but it's so hard, as ReeD says, especially when marketing campaigns like the Whole Foods thing are solidly in place. For a peach pie I made the other day, I had to buy those "cage free" eggs from the grocery store -- because the farmers market wasn't until Saturday but I wanted to make my pie *now*. Silly Erin...Quigliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285968184397151939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-6466810538962239632007-08-13T00:09:00.000-04:002007-08-13T00:09:00.000-04:00It is hard trying to do the right thing -- and the...It is hard trying to do the right thing -- and the percent of the time that good-faith effort doesn't yield the desired effect can make it hard to keep making the effort.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the This American Life TV show on the pig industry: My friend Louise's dad, who's a swine geneticist at Iowa State, was interviewed in that episode, though I've not seen it. (I think this goes with my "Small Worlds" post, don't you?) And just last night I saw the Simpsons Movie with Louise, which happens to center around a pig that Homer adopts whose crap catastrophically contaminates Lake Springfield...Teaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-64765212952836788212007-08-12T23:41:00.000-04:002007-08-12T23:41:00.000-04:00I don't know if you watched any of the episodes of...I don't know if you watched any of the episodes of This American Life, the TV Show, but there was an interesting one a little while back about the evolution of the pig industry, looking at Iowa and how the life of a farmer has become that of a factory owner. I think the issue is called "Pandora's Box." While it's not the same issue here, it does highlight some of the modern-day constraints that we're forced to deal with given our desire for certain goods or ways of life.<BR/><BR/>This also reminds me of not too long ago when it came out that Whole Foods' "local farmer" program was in good part bogus: they'd highlight a local farmer at the store, but end up having only < 5% of the produce being sold from that farmer...indistinguishable to the consumer. Not to mention the exclusive contracts they would often sign.<BR/><BR/>It's so hard trying to do the right thing, you know?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04325543849298026665noreply@blogger.com