Flutterby™! : Beware your local food

Lessons from a 'Local Food' scam artist:

So, when my boss's son put up the “local bananas” sign, I let it alone. A few foodies laughed. A few questioned me accusingly: How could the bananas be local? “Greenhouses,” I said one day. “Miles and miles of greenhouses. In Andover Township.” The word “township” got them; it was so quaint.

But read down, it gets beyond the cold cynicism.