Last week, I purchased asparagras, they were delicious. They were 1.99 a bunch, which is a deal! They were grown in Peru.Today, I purchased a sack of garlic. 5 heads. Shipped from Brooklyn. When I got home, I looked on the other side of the label. Product of China.Now, the simple math tells us that the garlic retailed for 20 cents a head.Tonight, I'm wondering what kind of a profit the farmer in China made for his/ her labor.
If I stop purchasing products from foreign countries, who will purchase their goods?
I'll help the atmosphere, and I'll help American growers. Somehow, the global economy is connected to the food I eat, and I don't quite know how to undo that without harming
humans on the other side of the globe.
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