Absentee agriculture also bolsters national pride – and pride in traditional diets – by specializing in vegetables specific to the region. “For too long our country has been flooded with imported food and Westernized foods,” Wangari says.
远程务农也因此增强了人们的民族自豪感，同时也并通过对某些地区特产蔬菜的关注而提升了对传统饮食的自豪感。“进口食品和西式食物已经在我们国家泛滥太久了”，尤妮斯说，“现在是我们发起反击，种植自己的食物的时候了。”