Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket

Name: Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
Brand: Blue Guides Limited of London
SKU: 9780393326642-V
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By Brian Halweil

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Everyone everywhere depends increasingly on long-distance food. Since 1961 the tonnage of food shipped between nations has grown fourfold. In the United States, food typically travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate-as much as 25 percent farther than in 1980. For some, the long-distance food system offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local cuisines, varieties, and agriculture, while consuming staggering amounts of fuel, generating greenhouse gases, eroding the pleasures of face-to-face interactions, and compromising food security. Fortunately, the long-distance food habit is beginning to weaken under the influence of a young, but surging, local-foods movement. From peanut-butter makers in Zimbabwe to pork producers in Germany and rooftop gardeners in Vancouver, entrepreneurial farmers, start-up food businesses, restaurants, supermarkets, and concerned consumers are propelling a revolution that can help restore rural areas, enrich poor nations, and return fresh, delicious, and wholesome food to cities.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 236
Release Date:: 2004-11-30
Publication Date:: 2004-11-30
Publisher:: Blue Guides Limited of London
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0393326640
ISBN13:: 9780393326642
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 308 g
Height:: 139 cm
Width:: 209 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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