It is simply amazing how rich Mexico is in its resources to grow food. It is said that you can put anything in the ground here and it will grow, which I really don’t doubt. As we all should know, some of the most popular things that we eat today come from Mexico, such as the tomato, various chilies, chocolate, nopal (cactus), tomatillo, chia seeds, and much, much more! This land is fertile, and that can be seen in the huge, huge market “Central de Abastos” in Mexico City. A market space that employs around 70,000 people, with around 2,000 stores. It serves the vast Mexico City with fruits and vegetables, as well as other things.
Many, if not most of these things mentioned are grown locally, and you will find variations of fruits and vegetables here that you would never find in Iceland, as all of them need to be imported, such as different types of bananas or smaller different limes, many types of beans, legumes and other sorts, and a great amount of chiles, all used for different purposes in the rich cuisine that the country has.
It’s simply amazing how much is grown and sold locally here. With no need for huge shipping containers going over the oceans, or planes for a “same-day” fresh delivery. This is something that all of us, especially in the more northerly regions should start thinking about.
Consume locally.
Iceland is fortunate enough to be able to produce certain things that the weather would not allow, simply for the fact that geothermal energy allows for it. We can build greenhouses and grow paprika, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many types of lettuce. Even all of this can be grown all year round, with some farmers trying out growing bananas, and even garlic. This is something that Iceland is good at and should do more. If we can use our local resources to grow our own food, then we can stop depending so heavily on other parts of the world growing things for us. Maybe we don't ship our Avocados from México, and our rice from China, as well as our Chilies from Israel. Maybe we can grow more things at home.
