Why are Crunchy 'Progressives' So Prejudiced Against Non-local Folk?

Here's a letter to the New York Times:

David Sassoon of Harlemville, NY, is a locovore because, in his words, he's "interested in restoring community through the act of eating, rather than swallowing the cold logic of global economics" (Letters, Aug. 28).

I wonder if Mr. Sassoon's refusal to "swallow the cold logic of global economics" goes beyond his dietary choices.  Does he promote community by wearing only clothes made from locally grown fibers and woven at local mills?  When he is ill...