Saturday, July 18, 2009

Globalization

A few moments ago in the Шаруа bazaar in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, I bought a Granny Smith apple with a little grown-in-Chile sticker on the side. The distance between Santiago, Chile and Almaty, Kazakhstan is about 10,530 miles.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Astounding when you consider that
Almaty means father of apples!
AND that it's a long journey from
Almaty to Zhezkazgan.. wonder if you will see local apples?? Mom

Michael Hotard said...

i remember the days where our apples came from kazakshtan. they were huge and so sweet! why do they all come from china (maybe chile?) now

Jamie said...

Mike, I don't know what kind they have in Taraz, but I have yet to taste a Kazakhstani apple that wasn't mediocre. I am a tart apple guy, though, so maybe it just isn't my scene.

And today, I noticed that the bananas I bought had an Ecuador sticker on them.

T.C. Hill said...

Just wait until you get strawberries with a "Grown In Salinas, California" sticker and you know you've got the good stuff.