Come & Get It: McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from a Central Illinois
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Later on, newcomers from Ireland and Continental Europe established homes in the county. Area foodways increased in complexity, and a variety of new food-related industries developed. Residents made beer, candy, ice cream, pickles, sausages, soda water, vinegar, and wine. They manufactured stoves and refrigerators, milled flour, made a variety of breads, packed pork, and canned tomatoes. Local companies distributed produce and groceries throughout the region.
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Still, many rural families produced and processed nearly everything they ate and only occasionally visited a grocery store. By the end of the second millennium, however, it was hard to find locally produced food in McLean County, let alone people with food-related skills. Few other locations in the country had as many fast-food outlets per capita. Fruits and vegetables amounted to an afterthought.
Livestock and dairy production barely existed. This meant that McLean County came nowhere close to feeding itself and that nearly every food and beverage consumed bore a UPC stamp and arrived by tractor-trailer.
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What explains the delocalization of food? The short answer for McLean County as well as the rest of the country is profitability. A fuller explanation requires a discussion about comparative advantage, economies of scale, and how people make effective choices. When it comes to explaining eating and drinking, however, economic thinking takes us only so far.
Simply stated, decisions about what to put on the table and how to eat it are never determined by economy alone. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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Fascinating to see how food has gone to completely local in the mid's to almost no local foods today. Somewhat wonky, but a telling book. Vance Murphy II rated it it was amazing Dec 14, Ryan rated it liked it Apr 10, Anthrochiq n2 Art marked it as to-read Apr 22, Amy Stilgenbauer marked it as to-read Jul 01, Diane marked it as to-read Nov 01, Holly Miller marked it as to-read Apr 21, Drew marked it as to-read Jun 02,