The Global Village or the Global City or whatever it is these days

So the big news from environmentalism is to eat local. I support that, at least in theory. Here are some imported products that I don't know how to survive without:

1. Tea.
2. Coffee.
3. Sugar. Just try preserving all those local fruits without it.
4. Chocolate.
5. Bananas.
6. Cashews. Nuts save my life, I am sure of it. It is hard to find a good, healthy gluten-free snack without nuts, and I can't eat almonds all the time.
7. Canned tuna (product of Thailand). Canned tuna makes up a third of the trifecta of student protein sources: the other two are eggs and peanut butter.
8. Rice. The fact that Canada has the world's best wheat doesn't help me any when I am allergic to wheat.
9. Olive oil.
10. Spices. I love Indian food so most of my spices are, not surprisingly, from India.
11. Legumes. Legumes are very Diet For a Small Planet, but I'm pretty sure they have to travel a long way. I've never heard of the great lentil farms of the Okanagan. However, it is still more effecient to eat imported pulses than to feed those same pulses to local cows and then eat the cows.