bread and cheese and delis, oh my

Been reading a lot about cuisine and its issues: 100 mile diet, Slow Food Movement, sustainable agriculture, urban market gardens, farmer's markets, etc. the last little while. Lisa and I have been customers of Spud.ca for almost a decade and making the choice to buy free range, organic quite often. Which has got me thinking:

I'm not going to pretend that German food is the height of gourmetry, but I was raised eating what foodies consider "whole foods": whole grain bread, meats raised without cruelty and unnessary additives, muesli, etc. I was also close to the means of production- we often bought farmer-direct and visited the places our sausages were made (Dad's friend's deli). It wasn't low fat or low salt and the veg was often overcooked, but the fact I was teased for having "weird food" in elementary school while the other kids ate Wonderbread and Wagon Wheels and othe white trash delights has made me a better and healthier person today.