At the risk of allowing this site to become an echo chamber, I want to point you in the direction of Trey Pitsenberger’s blog, and Trey’s take on the issue of the unscented Home Depot tomatoes I highlighted last week. Trey’s post mostly points back at me (echo…echo….echo…), but I think he provides a really interesting perspective as the owner of a garden center and as a garden educator.
One of the most interesting things he says, and that he has long espoused on his excellent blog, is that the consumers he’s trying to reach with his business are the ones who aren’t going to shop at box stores anyway. And those same consumers are the ones who will ignore advertising and shop via word of mouth, “one blog post at a time,” as he says.
Reactions, folks? Feel free to post them here, or over at Trey’s site. I’m following this debate avidly and am curious to see what you think.
on Apr 15th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
I totally agree with Trey that the people that think a plant is a plant probably wouldn’t be the kind to support local/organic nurseries anyway. These are probably a lot of the same folks that think canned peas and carrots are “just as good” as fresh and that a box mix brownie tastes “just as good” as a batch made from scratch. It’ s hard to explain the frustration with a no-odor tomato to someone who’s never smelled (or tasted) an organic, heirloom one. They just don’t get it.