re: #59 Targetpractice

I know it may be wrong, but I suspect so many of these “go to the local farm” types are composed not simply of the dirt-ignorant conservatives who have no clue what life really was like in that mythical Golden Era they think Trump’s taking them back to, but also the “back to the farm” types of liberals who think life was so much better when you knew where your food was coming from and not from factory farms that use GMOs and various artificial substances to preserve food. Both groups have grown up in a nation where the convenience of going to the grocery store has totally wiped out the knowledge of how hard it is to “buy locally.” There’s no big family farms living on the outskirts of your city, trucking in fresh produce daily to your supermarket.

I try to buy organic or at least “natural” as much as I can. But I don’t worry too much where the food comes from, geographically. I’m also prone to grabbing a (sugar free) Rockstar Energy Drink or a coke and/or candy bar more often than I should. I know healthwise that GMOs aren’t inherently bad, and a lot of artificial preservatives aren’t terrible, but I think the organic/natural stuff tastes better and that’s good enough for me.