At a time when power shortages, pollution and the high price of gas are on the front page, it's not fair for this article to get hidden in the Food section: Under pressure from Berkeley author Michael Pollan, the Whole Foods chain has agreed to buy more of its produce from farmers near the stores.
Pollan's views are getting wide dissemination (ha ha!) -- witness this article in the June 4, 2006 Time magazine summarizing his stand: "eating locally" -- i.e. buying the produce of local farmers -- not only gets you more in touch with your local biosphere, it also saves energy, as food is transported shorter distances.
Pollan is in the same boat as my friend Jessica Prentice, co-founder of a group called the Locavores.
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