You know there’s a global market when . . .

You go to the big supermarket, Mega, in Guanajuato, Mexico and pick up some crisp asparagus. Not such a surprise because for the last fifteen or twenty years this region has grown lots of asparagus, mainly for export to the United States either frozen or fresh. Some of this naturally finds its way into local markets and stores.

You get home, cut the elastic round the bunch, and discover a label that says, “Grown in Peru.”

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