Eating local is a good way to go

…The World Bank reports that 15 per cent of the world


The OECD predicts food price rises of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent over the next decade.

We burn about 1 calorie of fossil fuels for every 1 calorie of food we eat.

The conclusion of a recent study from Dalhousie University concludes that if we continue global commercial fishing as we have been, a hundred per cent of species will collapse by 2048.

Finally, we are a long way from California, Mexico, and other areas that provide the enormous quantities of cheap vegetables (and wonderful wine!) that an era of inexpensive fossil fuels has accustomed us to. If we want supermarkets to continue trucking us lettuce and tomatoes in January, not to mention all the other delicacies we take for granted, fuel for the trucks (or the trains?) is essential.

Were we not conditioned to such complacency in this culture, we would recognize these as terrifying possibilities.

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