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Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells the Real Story

Andrew Winston | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Tropicana, Local Food, Meatless Monday, Greenhouse Gases, Food Miles, Climate Change, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Pepsi, Wal-Mart, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Andrew Winston

It would seem logical that the best way to shrink your food-related carbon footprint associated would be to buy from near by. But it turns out that this assumption is wrong.

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What's Wrong With Local Food? Local and Organic Food and Farming: The Gold Standard

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Herbicides, Local Food, Organic Food, Greenhouse Gases, Food Miles, Sustainable Food, Green News
Ronnie Cummins

Beyond the greenwashing and co-opting of the term, what does "local" food and farming really mean? What is the impact of non-organic local food and farming on public health, nutrition, biodiversity, and climate?

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Wal-Mart Plays With Our Food

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salt, Philanthropy, Kraft, Food Banks, Local Food, Wal-Mart, Food Miles, Sustainability, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Pepsico, Saturated Fats, Sugar, Green News
Andrew Winston

Wal-Mart's recent announcements continue a five-year campaign to green the supply chain, but they add in some interesting new twists as well. The entire agricultural sector and everyone who eats will feel the ripples of these moves.

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The Local Food Debate Heats Up

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Miles, James McWilliams, Stephen Budiasky, Grist, Food and Water Watch, Local Food, Corporate Consolidation, New York Times, Elanor Starmer, Locavore, Food News
Katherine Gustafson

"Eat local" has become such a commonly cited slogan that it's starting to lose its punch. You know an idea is getting shop-worn when major food retail...

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A Taco, Deconstructed, Shows Globalization Of Food Production

GOOD | Twilight Greenaway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Production, Urbanlab, Local Food, Food Miles, Global Food, David Fletcher, Food, Taco Origins, Tacoshed, Taco, Juan?S Taco Truck, Food Production Globalization, Taco Ingredients, The California College of the Arts, Green News

Look closely enough at anything and you can start to see the sum of its parts. Even, for instance, a single taco, which, when examined recently by a g...

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Readers' Photos of Local Food Restaurants

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Locally-Grown, No Impact Week, Local Food, Local, Restaurants, Food Miles, Slidepoll, Green, Food, Sustainability, Eating, Green Living, Organic, Locavore, Green News

Here at HuffPost Green, we're all about the local food movement. Food typically travels hundreds, if not thousands of miles to get to our plates, so ...

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Living With No Regrets on Climate Change

Tom Tomich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Food Miles, United Nations, Climate Change, Sprawl, Green Living, Nitrogen Fertilizer, Smart Growth, Los Angeles News
Tom Tomich

It could be a long time before we achieve consensus on global climate strategy. In the meantime, there are "no regrets" strategies we can implement to improve our lives and our future prospects.

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Fridge Voyeurism: a Sneaky Pleasure, and a Way to Green Your Fridge

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Canada, Organic Food, Global Warming, Food Miles, Food, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

We are more than what we eat, since food production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Since moving from Canada to Israel, my food habits have changed quite a bit.

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A Second Look At the NYTimes Science Section's "10 Things To Scratch From Your Worry List "

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, John Tierney, Water Bottles, The New York Times, Green, Green Living, Exotic Fruit, Plastic Bottles, Toxic Chemicals, Paper Bags, Climate Deniers, Food Miles, Environment, Cell Phones and Cancer, Green News, New York Times, Plastic Bags, Global Warming, Green News

We have heard of climate deniers and chemical industry defenders, but now John Tierney of The New York Times joins the ranks of the Everything Deniers...

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