tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391789894511297146.post3416087523680093760..comments2023-09-28T09:08:41.160-04:00Comments on A Bikeable Feast: "Why am I doing this?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391789894511297146.post-29423566844923328792009-08-19T00:40:45.188-04:002009-08-19T00:40:45.188-04:00"round" supermarket tomatoes? I think t..."round" supermarket tomatoes? I think they're now breeding them to be cuboid. I'm not kidding: the most important "tomato" feature for agribusiness is how well it ships, so they designed rock hard, thick skinned tomatoes that can be stacked together in a box--when I pry one loose to put in my cart, it looks disturbingly square.Sheffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153249131248130997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391789894511297146.post-60200740166451409712009-08-17T16:24:19.657-04:002009-08-17T16:24:19.657-04:00It seems like there isn't much money in being ...It seems like there isn't much money in being a small scale farmer. I guess food would have to be more expensive for them to be better off, which probably would require the end of the government subsidy system and replacing it with something that promoted a more "sustainable" approach. Wow, sounds hard.<br /><br />Have fun bikingUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15431758097757739684noreply@blogger.com