I haven't trusted Freakonomics since they published a rant-book about
how "Economics sez there's no climate change". Stick to your field ffs.
I think Freakonomics jumped the shark shortly after its rather
impressive debut.
That's not to say that I disagree entirely with the thesis in question.
Certainly, it makes more sense to grow tropical crops in tropical
regions and very little sense to grow them in a temperate country, so if
you don't change your diet to reflect your locavore habit, you're
probably doing more harm than good.
That is, "eating local" should be taken to mean "eating locally *viable*
foods grown locally", not just "food grown locally". The latter might
mean mangoes grown in Ireland in a heated greenhouse, which is just stupid.
On 15/11/11 09:43, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
> What do you think about the numbers presented here, basically it says
> that growing foods in regions that are optimal, even if further from
> where you live, is more efficient than growing food locally in a
> climate that may not be optimal for production:
> http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/11/14/the-inefficiency-of-local-food/
>
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