(courtesy of robbwolf.com)
The modern world, allows us to buy food with ease, in quantities and varieties that nature can’t provide even in the most bountiful regions. Thanks to the globalization of commerce, some of us find ourselves lucky enough to be able to buy mangos at a store in Portland even when they’re shipped from a farm in Poza Rica, Mexico, this is true with a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and spices.
When I was becoming interested in a Paleo lifestyle it occurred to me how difficult it is for some people to get certain foods, particularly for those living in rural communities, who are removed from the modern cities, and yet, some of them, eat healthier than we do. While some of us in major cities have a treasure trove of foods available to us and yet we chronically eat out of season or eat foods that are more expensive and less nutritious due to their long and costly traveling.
The fact is that no matter where we live we can all achieve a healthy lifestyle if we shop smart.
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