Comments on: Local Sustainable Food…but it’s so EXPENSIVE! http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/ ethical eating for the sensitive stomach Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Feel Good Food | Lakes, Farming, and Smiling Faces greet me in Vermont http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Feel Good Food | Lakes, Farming, and Smiling Faces greet me in Vermont Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:17:03 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-441 [...] expensive. And if you’re still not convinced, have a read of my post from a while back explaining why we should be paying the real cost of our food. It’s because it’s not just about food: it’s about the people who grew it, the land that it [...] [...] expensive. And if you’re still not convinced, have a read of my post from a while back explaining why we should be paying the real cost of our food. It’s because it’s not just about food: it’s about the people who grew it, the land that it [...]

]]> By: krystal speck http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-341 krystal speck Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:56:05 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-341 Great post Emily! Couldn't agree more. At times, we see this issue come up in the restaurant...people seem to struggle with the idea of paying actual/fair/higher prices for veggie meals (and would probably be the same for meat meals, too). We are unfamiliar with the real cost of food. Being another mid-twenty-something on a tight budget, I also wrestle with my food spending choices. However, that feeling fades away with the rewards of biting into local, organic, farm-fresh raspberries and beets! And, I have a bit of a "shopping addiction" that I redirect to farmers markets instead of retail stores ;-) Great post Emily! Couldn’t agree more. At times, we see this issue come up in the restaurant…people seem to struggle with the idea of paying actual/fair/higher prices for veggie meals (and would probably be the same for meat meals, too). We are unfamiliar with the real cost of food.

Being another mid-twenty-something on a tight budget, I also wrestle with my food spending choices. However, that feeling fades away with the rewards of biting into local, organic, farm-fresh raspberries and beets! And, I have a bit of a “shopping addiction” that I redirect to farmers markets instead of retail stores ;-)

]]> By: Greg Bolton http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Greg Bolton Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:46:58 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-70 Great article. Really spot-on. Great article. Really spot-on.

]]> By: Daniel Hoffmann http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Daniel Hoffmann Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:47:09 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-71 Fantastic article Emily. Bang on! As you say, the price of food is not the problem --- it's often where we're choosing to put the rest of our money. And this raises a related issue...the price of rent! As Debbie at FoodShare says, "We don't need Food Banks. Food is affordable. We need rent banks!" Fantastic article Emily. Bang on! As you say, the price of food is not the problem — it’s often where we’re choosing to put the rest of our money. And this raises a related issue…the price of rent! As Debbie at FoodShare says, “We don’t need Food Banks. Food is affordable. We need rent banks!”

]]> By: emily http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/03/local-sustainable-food%e2%80%a6but-it%e2%80%99s-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-69 emily Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:40:56 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-69 100% with you Tristan - excellent point and I shouldn't have missed that. Growing your own food is another point I didn't mention here but readers take note: seeds + water + sun + love = lots of free food! =) 100% with you Tristan – excellent point and I shouldn’t have missed that. Growing your own food is another point I didn’t mention here but readers take note: seeds + water + sun + love = lots of free food! =)

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