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

by Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu

Book Overview

A new generation of food activists has come to believe that "sustainable farming" and "eating local" are the way to solve a host of perceived problems with our modern food supply system. By combining healthy eating and a high standard of environmental stewardship, these locavores think, we can also deliver important economic benefits and increase food security within local economies.

But after a thorough review of the evidence, economic geographer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586489402
• ISBN13: 9781586489403
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"