the boy who cried salad

a conversation I had recently:

lui: spring is finally here!
moi: about time. how sick am I of winter?
lui: the flowers are coming up! and the
lui: trees are in bloom!
moi: achoo.
lui: and now the new jersey produce will start
lui: coming in. I can't wait.
moi: for what?
lui: the new jersey produce
moi: what do you mean? what's so great about it?
lui: well, it's so much fresher.
moi: why?
lui: because it's coming in from new jersey.
moi: as opposed to coming in from where? wouldn't
moi: pennsylvania produce be even
moi: fresher? and where is it coming in to?
lui: well, there are farm collectives
lui: and places where you can get
lui: fresh produce. and now the seasonal
lui: produce from new jersey will be coming in.
moi: you mean like the farmer's market down
moi: in clark park?
lui: well, there are also specific farm collectives...
moi: yeah, like down in clark park. or at least
moi: there used to be.
lui: mmm, I don't know. these are things you
lui: sign up with, and then get the produce
lui: delivered on a weekly basis
moi: yeah, I know. I used to be part of a csa
moi: in the city. and every saturday morning,
moi: I'd have to go up to pick up a bag of
moi: organic vegetables, most of which I ended
moi: up donating to the homeless man who
moi: rooted through our garbage cans every morning.
lui: o, so there's one in clark park?
moi: there used to be. across the street.
lui: that's good to know.
moi: what for? to pick up this new jersey produce?
lui: ...yeah..
moi: so, where else does one find this new jersey
moi: produce? will it make it's way into the
moi: grocery stores? and what is "new jersey produce"?
lui: what do you mean?
moi: well, you talk about it like it's a thing. so, what
moi: is it. is it just all kinds of vegetables, just from
moi: new jersey? and if so, why are we waiting for
moi: spring to get at it? or is it a specific crop from
moi: new jersey that we're waiting for, like tomatoes
moi: or something, that now that it's spring, we can
moi: eat? and regardless, why wouldn't it be coming
moi: into the grocery stores too? what's so special
moi: about this new jersey produce? I mean, we're
moi: eating pennsylvania produce every day. and
moi: isn't that even closer?
lui: well, I mean, I have friends who are farmers,
lui: and understand agribusiness and other friends
lui: who are part of these collectives, and they're
lui: all ah...waiting for...ah...new jersey produce...
moi: you don't even know what new jersey produce
moi: is, do you?