On AlterNet: food miles

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "food miles"

5 Ridiculous Myths People Use to Trash Local Food -- And Why They're Wrong

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. November 18, 2011.

Articles "debunking" the local food movement are stale, shallow and often incorrect.

Does It Really Matter Whether Your Food Was Produced Locally?

Stan Cox, AlterNet. February 19, 2010.

Counting food miles can lead to wrong turns: Instead of worrying about how far our food has traveled we should look at the way it's produced and hauled.

What Does the NY Times Have Against Local Food and Green Living?

Kerry Trueman, Eating Liberally. August 13, 2008.

A handful of Times writers seem to be intent on undoing all the strides Americans are making to live greener.