Paige--
I, too, was a bit disturbed by the assumption of or ignoring
of the class linkage with what the restaurant section of the
lastest _Sierra_ magazine was suggesting. I was concerned
by the box listing suggestions for ways individauls could
bring organic fresh produce to their tables. Their
suggestions included buying organic produce at one's grocery
store, buying from farmers' markets and growing one's own
produce. All of these suggestions assume a rather sub-urban
(or even rural) and middle class existence. Someone from
the inner city, who is trying to make a living from paycheck
to paycheck, & who lives in an apartment, is going to have
a very hard time trying to follow these suggestions.
Farmers' markets are few and far between in the inner city,
growing one's own food is rather difficult in an inner city
apartment, and organic produce is not as cheap or as long
lasting as a can of sloppy joe sauce. So, their suggestions
are far from universal options.
The question then is, what does one suggest to an inner city
parent trying to feed his/her children as best as he/she
knows how? Survival, in such a situation, comes first and
eco-consciousness comes way down the list. What does this
mean for trying to "save the world three times a day?"
---Amy
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Subject: Food & seeds
Paige and other folks discussing regional consumption,
agriculture etc.: there are a bunch of good essays on
this, including Wendell Berry's famous "The Pleasures of
Eating," stuff by Alice Waters and also Gary Nabhan, who is
doing some of the best work on seeds and Native American
agricultural practices, in a collection called _Our Sustainable
Table_, ed. by Robert Clark, North Point press 1990.
And a terrific souce both for books and writing on this but
especially for seeds themselves is SEeds of Change, P.O. Box
15700, Santa Fe NM 87506. Their mouth-watering catalogue
is I think $4.00. You can also find their seeds at some natural
food stores.
