Comments on: Food miles is bullshit

By: Houston Home Security

Houston Home Security — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:32:00 +0000

in my opinion ,cooking is not only one of housework but also a kind of knowledge.

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KeepafWraxelp — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:06:48 +0000

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By: Hang

Hang — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:05:43 +0000

For the “local” produce in your supermarket, do you know if it’s being shipped by rail or nasty old trucks? The variations should all come out in the wash. Regardless of anything else, the point of this post was that other, unconsidered factors dwarf “food miles” in consideration when comparing the ultimate environmental impact of your diet.

By: Hang

Hang — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:05:00 +0000

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:05:21 +0000

So, the other half of this is being left out. How are the goods that are being shipped half-way around the world getting to that giant container ship? Is it by efficient rail, or subsidized sulfur rich diesel and nasty-ass old trucks.

The farmer’s market may be rattling old trucks, but if we ge tthe food there, (and it’s close to home) then we save the distance travelled to port and from the sea-ports. but once it is too port, then the fuel costs are comparable.

It also matters how the food is grown. Apples in new Zealand aren’t irrigated. Apples in Washington are heavily irrigated either by diesel pumps or electric salmon killing/coal burning pumps. There is probably a much smaller carbon footprint on the NZ Apples than the American ones.

Unless you count Washington orchards in the desert as a carbon sink, then who knows?

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:05:00 +0000

Unless you count Washington orchards in the desert as a carbon sink, then who knows?

By: Hang

Hang — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:27:37 +0000

How far is the nearest Whole Foods from your house? How far is the nearest supermarket? (In my case, the Whole Foods is half as far away, 3 blocks vs 6 blocks but I’m an exception). There’s only 3 Whole Foods in Seattle as far as I recall, If you don’t live close to one of those then driving the 10 miles to get there pretty much eliminates the carbon savings from buying local.

By: Hang

Hang — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:27:00 +0000

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:28:45 +0000

“For most people, that means buying as much of your food as possible from farmers markets.”
Really? For me, when in the Whole Foods (for example) grocery section it is as simple as looking at where the food came from. They label it pretty clearly and emphasize locally sourced produce.