Ok, so apparently this is a thing now. At face value the idea of a foodie pen pal exchanging food products sounds quite pastoral and all, but why put another human (all fallible and all) in the chain of supply. Ok, I get that you are sending items that are not typically available where the other lives, but I see something bad happening out of this someday: accidental food poisoning, intentional poisoning, unexpected items packed with the food. Maybe I am just a little paranoid and overly cynical about my fellow humans, I'll blame it on my parents insistence on throwing out any homemade treats at halloween. Still, I'm going to go ahead and forgo this trend. Thanks.
Additionally, I was thinking, if it's bad for the food industry to ship food all over the place, why is ok for individuals? I thought we were all supposed to eat locally to save the earth. I bet the kilometres per kilogram ratio is pretty high on this type of distribution.
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