Do you pay attention to where your food came from?

[tvguy]

Do you read labels to see where your food came from. Just opened a can of pears, grown in South Africa.
Checking my shelf, a can of Starkist tuna is from Indonesia, but foil pouches of tuna are from Thailand. Oysters are a product of China.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Do you read labels to see where your food came from. Just opened a can of pears, grown in South Africa.
Checking my shelf, a can of Starkist tuna is from Indonesia, but foil pouches of tuna are from Thailand. Oysters are a product of China.

Yes.

 

[Disneylover99]

More and more

 

[CdnCarrie]

Nope. Not at all.

 

[soccerdad72]

No

 

[evilmommie]

most of what we eat is local.

 

[ronandannette]

Yes, as closely as I can, but food labeling laws, particularly relating to country-of-origin, are absolutely woeful here in Canada. If it's disclosed on the packaging, I'll do without before I'll buy anything grown or processed in China. And I'll pay extra for Canadian made/grown/processed items.

 

[tasha99]

Yes. For example, I pay and arm and a leg for eel from Maine vs. China. I do buy some Chinese foods, but if there's a Taiwanese version, I far prefer that.

 

[bcla]

Sure. A lot of fresh produce has to be labelled now with country of origin, although it can get tricky if there are multiple sources for certain items like green onions of open basket strawberries.

I go to a a few markets where they often identify produce by state or even individual suppliers. One of the big names around here is Brentwood in northeastern Contra Costa County for corn. I know of the place all the way back to my childhood where we took family trips (typically in May) to go cherry picking.

I'm not sure about tuna, which are caught in oceans. Tuna will go long distances, so the label might only note where they were processed. There's almost no tuna canneries in the US any more, so obviously that's coming from other parts of the world. But it's my understanding that a lot of tuna is caught by American fleets and sent to Asia for processing.

 

[Beezle2]

We buy local farm raised chicken and pork but I don't check cans of food very carefully.

 

[amcnj]

I am a “sometimes”. I don’t check the label of every item I buy, but do try to for certain foods.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I never paid attention before, but it would be interesting to start doing.

 

[Kitty 34]

Much of our "farm" grown foods must come from far away now unless we start chomping on solar panels.

 

[slo]

I don’t - never thought to look.
After this thread….I’ll start looking

 

[DeeBee3]

Always have, even when younger. Just something that has been important to me.

 

[prairie_girl]

Nope

 

[Meriweather]

no....sometimes produce, but not usually

 

[Minnesota!]

Most of the time, yes. But, some things I don't because I already know. We try and buy local most of the time.

 

[_19disnA]

Generally not. I shop at large reputable stores/chains and view it as something they take into account when sourcing products. Obviously, some produce only grows in tropical climates, so unless that is where you live, the items will have been shipped in from other places. I don't view that as bad but just the reality of how some items only grow in specific climates. Bananas, coconuts, coffee or pineapples are common examples. At the fish counter I tend to choose fresh seafood caught locally when available. For something like canned goods, I have never seen a store display that advertises it is from country x instead of country y.

When we go to the beach on vacation, I often see those roadside places selling fresh seafood. Never buy from those since even if local, I have no idea if the place is kept sanitary or the seafood properly refrigerated. Just because it is local in that example doesn't guarantee you are getting a better product.

 

[FreemanFam]

I always have. It's just something I've always found interesting. Over the years of doing so, especially with produce, it makes it easier to pick out the ones I like at the grocery store. For instance, in my opinion, Costa Rican bananas are generally better than Guatemalan bananas. Canadian tomatoes are generally better than Mexican tomatoes, etc.