This truck or another one like it comes every morning to the Chinese food wholesaler next door to my sister's house. Unsurprisingly, all of the food has been imported from China. However, that in itself is interesting. This food has been shipped, flown and rolled halfway across the world. Yet it is still cheap enough to be sold at least twice more at a price the public will pay. How is this possible? The workers growing this food are unlikely to be paid well. Is it even possible to know where this food was grown, really? China is a big country. This company may have multiple operations. This kind of abstraction is bad for the environment, it's bad for the workers, and it's bad for our health.
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