Not to mention that trucks are the least concern when it comes to food miles. Really, air freight is the devil here.
CoryG <cory@geesaman.com> wrote:
>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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