Why are we importing brownies?

[DCJenn]

From Canada?

Backstory-

Shopping at a SuperTarget - walked through the baked good section and they had little tubs of brownies- six mini-muffin size.

Bought them as a treat for the dude. Tonight I gave him two for dessert and I noticed on the package that they were "Made in Canada".

Why are we importing brownies from Canada to South Texas? Are there seriously no less expensive and less fossil fuel using ways to get brownies to a SuperTarget in San Antonio?

Granted- I could have bought a brownie mix but they don't sell half-size boxes of brownie mix and there's only two of us. and granted I do have a baking cookbook that was written with 2 or 4 servings in mind- so I'll concede it was a totally spur of the moment decision.

but even more scary- they're still soft. I wonder when and where in Canada they were made?

Jenn

[Deebs]

Canada's nothing. We're importing food (not just for pets - humans, too) from China. The place that can't figure out how to get lead paint out of children's toys, and we're bringing in food. How does that make sense? (And, it's amazing how many preservatives can fit into tiny little food to keep it looking good).

[DCJenn]

I know- it's take to go back to our own little gardens and to make friends with the local farmers.

San Antonio has pathetic farmer's markets, unfortunately.

Jenn

[planet]

That's how we live now. Milk is delivered from a local farm that does vat pasteurization (lower temp that doesn't scald the milk). Our town has a sheep farm that sells lamb, goat farm that sells cheese, farmer's market and most folks have personal gardens. CSAs are big. I'm so happy to be back to eating local and homegrown food. It isn't cheaper and it is a bit less convenient.

I understand needing to go to S. America for bananas, but it seems wasteful to send out so far for items that could be produced locally.