Monday, July 28, 2008
Ian, as with any meal there is that moment when one asks "Do I need (want) any more? Have I had enough or am I still hungry?" One of the great things about food and the geography of food is that it always leaves you asking that question. Every new article, every new interview or field note leads to further and further potential for inquiry. Guthman's recent article on the 'whiteness' of farmers markets is a good example. I started looking around at the perceived image of our own Kalamazoo farmers' market, the actual location of which is in a lesser advantaged (read black and hispanic) neighborhood, and how it matches or exemplifies what she wrote. One of my interviews labeled the market as "a liberal welfare project for the farmer" which I thought was brilliant. The point of the market was that it was to be located where everyone in the city could best use it but no one takes the bus there, only SUV's and Lexus' are in the parking lot. This just leads me to further inquiry, lovely that, eh?
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