Eating local not the point
June 21st, 2008 • Climate Change
Ezra Klein bashes the whole ‘eat local’ movement in a recent post. It turns out that transport costs from overseas account for only about 4% of the total GHG emissions of food. So eating local is only a marginal improvement, especially compared to say reducing red meat consumption. I think often local food does taste better though, no need to grow it for transportation or pack it with preservatives. Also, this really depends on what food it is and how it is transported. Mangoes shipped from Mexico are probably better than air freighted snap peas from Zambia.
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