Compare them to, say, Americans, who haven’t any idea where their food comes from, and don’t care. Or the Europeans, who when they aren’t eating Chinese apples, are eating New Zealand apples. Or the British…let’s not even go there.

So far as waste, one would have to look at a comparative study. I suspect other countries waste more. Even if not, one can make the argument that the USA would be better off if people were not finishing off everything on their plates.

Food mileage damages the environment? Compared to what? Growing the same item in small scale greenhouses rather than importing may well cause more damage.

Self-sufficiency in food is just some crooked pol’s way of supporting his constituency. It ain’t gonna happen, and there’s no reason why it should. In sany case, the Japanese support their farmers far more than the similar island nation of Egland.