dieting feet

[the_siobhan]

Buying food from local sources is getting a lot of press lately, to the point that Axe & I heard a CBC feature on it while we were in the car. Which led to a conversation about the comparative benefits of eating an omnivorous but local diet vs eating vegetarian/vegan if your goal is to reduce your carbon footprint.

We're trying to reduce the amount of meat in our diet. But is it really helping if we cut down on the meat we buy - all raised in Southern Ontario - and replace it with vegetables shipped from all over the world?

(Of course the ideal is to go vegan and eat only locally grown organic foods, but just for the sake of argument.)

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[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

I recently switched my bi-weekly fruit and veggie box from a small organic box to a local harvest box. Some of the produce is organic as well as being grown locally.

I heard David Suzuki speak recently, and he recommended locally grown over organic if a choice has to be made, with locally grown organic being obviously the best choice.