Re: Article: The inefficiency of local food

I think the primary drives for local food are cost (to the consumer),
supporting the local economy/smaller businesses, and the freshness of
the food.

On Nov 17, 2:56 pm, Phil <philgo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the great irony about local food is that lots of consumers
> will
> drive a long way to go to a co-op or farmer's market to find locally-
> grown food
> with the belief they are helping the environment and reducing
> transportation costs.  Reducing transportation costs is one of the
> main
> reasons given for preferring local food.
>
> But you can easily calculate that the savings of shipping 80 tons of
> food 20 miles by truck instead of 1000 miles by truck are wiped out
> by having 8,000 consumers drive 10 miles instead of 1 mile to pick it
> up.

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