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Revolution in the Garden
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Home/Garden; Posted on: 2009-04-05 16:38:53 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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by John Young
(from the Re-localization of Agriculture blog)
This year, in my garden, I will be growing 72 broccoli plants in two separate plantings. As these are harvested they will be cleaned, blanched, vacuum-sealed and placed in my freezer.
This will amount to about 100 pounds of organic broccoli that, if purchased at the grocery store, would cost about $600 at today's prices.
99% of the broccoli crop in the United States is grown in California and Arizona. The overwhelming preponderance of the planting and harvesting of that broccoli is performed by Mexicans.
When I grow my $600 worth of broccoli, I am pulling $600 out of a system supporting Mexican immigration.
And that's just ONE vegetable!
Naturally, my cost for the broccoli is a lot less than the $600 I'd pay at the supermarket. But, when you add it all up, I pay less than $1/pound. when the cost of packaging is included, plus I get some exercise.
Not a bad deal at all: I get to save money and eat well while supporting my Folk.
The same economic equation applies with practically everything I grow.
So -- what is stopping you?
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News Source: Local ag blog
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