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Re:Readers on food inequality in eastern Europe by miloshadzic on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:40AM (#15319675)
The problem there is that the best produce gets exported. I've seen garlic from China in supermarkets for example.
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Re:Readers on food inequality in eastern Europe by realo on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:52AM (#15319717)
Ah yes... the infamous garlic from China in my local supermarket.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=chinese+garlic

Personally, I avoid it.

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Re:Readers on food inequality in eastern Europe by gruez on Saturday September 23, 2017 @11:33AM (#15320174)
The google link you provided returns a snopes article about garlic roots, a blog post from McGill saying theres no problems with using human feces as fertilizer, and a bunch of natural/health food sites claiming Chinese garlic is filled with toxic chemicals. Is there any reputable source that says Chinese garlic is bad?
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Re:Readers on food inequality in eastern Europe by vetinari on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:10PM (#15322688)
Why do you need a reputable source for that? Why not just taste it? That enough of reason to avoid chinese garlic.
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Re:Readers on food inequality in eastern Europe by miloshadzic on Saturday September 23, 2017 @02:50PM (#15321077)
Had no clue this was "a thing". I didn't buy it because "I can't believe we're importing garlic bla bla bla...".
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