2000 mile spuds

[trof]

(cross posted from GD)
We were at our local Winn-Dixie in Foley, Alabama yesterday.
Potatoes were on the list.
I picked up a 10 lb. bag.
We've become very conscious about supporting local growers, so I turned the bag over to see who the supplier was.
Some farm in Simi freaking Valley California!
That's over 2000 miles away.
http://maps.google.com /
This is crazy.

We live in a farming community.
We're surrounded by farms.
Some of our farmers grow potatoes.
Are they shipping our spuds to California?
What gives?

I picked up a bag from a different pile.
Monte Vista, Colorado.
Well, that's only about 1400 miles from here, so I picked the CO spuds.
:-(

The yellow onions came from Monterrey, CA.
:wtf:

I wonder just how much fuel it took to get those basic foods from field to processor/packager to regional distribution warehouse to local warehouse to store?
:grr: