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The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet
Pierre DesRochers
 
Product code :  9781586489403
Format :  Hardback 304 pages
Category :  Technology - Agriculture
Published :  05 June 2012
Condition :  Brand new, unused
 
 
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SYNOPSIS
This is a feisty, scrupulously-researched deconstruction of the "eat local" ethos - and how it distracts us from solving serious global food issues. Today's food activists think that "sustainable farming" and "eating local" are the way to solve a host of perceived problems with our modern food supply system. But after a thorough review of the evidence, Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu have concluded that these claims are mistaken. In "The Locavore's Dilemma", they explain the history, science and economics of food supply to reveal what locavores miss or misunderstand: the real environmental impacts of agricultural production; the drudgery of subsistence farming; and the essential role large-scale, industrial producers play in making food more available, varied, affordable and nutritionally rich than ever before in history. They show how eliminating agriculture subsidies and opening up international trade, not reducing food miles, is the real route to sustainability; and why eating globally, not only locally, is the way to save the planet. Please contact us if you require any further information on this item. Thank you.
 
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