Locavore's Dilemma In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet

Name: Locavore's Dilemma In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet
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ISBN: 9781586489403

ISBN-10: 1586489402

ISBN-13: 9781586489403

Edition: 2012

Authors: Pierre Desrochers, Hiroko Shimizu

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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…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 6/5/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Preface


Introduction: SOLE Food



The Globalization of the Food Supply Chain and Its Discontents



Myth #1: Locavorism Nurtures Social Capital



Myth #2: Locavorism Delivers a Free Economic Lunch



Myth #3: Locavorism Heals the Earth



Myth #4: Locavorism Increases Food Security



Myth #5: Locavorism Offers Tastier, More Nutritious, and Safer Food



Well-Meaning Coercion, Unintended Consequences, and Bad Outcomes


Conclusion: Let Them Eat Global Cake!


Epilogue


Notes


Index