There is an assumption that says that food should be cheap. Ideally to feed the masses, but as it turns out, the process of making food inexpensive has enriched a few (companies like Monsanto that patent seeds, for example), impacted our health and environment and made a global business out of a fundamental human need.
Eating isn't optional. The link between garden (or farm) and table, should, in my opinion, be as short as possible for a host of reasons. Carbon footprints, freshness and nutrition are all good reasons for a distribution chain with fewer links. Increased connection to the seasons and the "terroir" of various foods, as well as the specialness of items only available in season are others.
When anyone anywhere can have anything anytime, what is "special" anyway?
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