Comments on: Eat local challenge – how far are you willing to go? http://thegoodhuman.com/2006/09/07/eat-local-challenge-how-far-are-you/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stephan http://thegoodhuman.com/2006/09/07/eat-local-challenge-how-far-are-you/#comment-199 Stephan Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/09/07/eat-local-challenge-how-far-are-you/#comment-199 Concentrated farming on large fields, and the resulting transport, is there for a reason: It's more efficient than distributed and small fields. You need less energy, tools and vehicles, and most importantly, less human effort per unit of food. That's why it's cheaper too. So buying from a small farm squanders resources, and does not save them. Concentrated farming on large fields, and the resulting transport, is there for a reason: It’s more efficient than distributed and small fields. You need less energy, tools and vehicles, and most importantly, less human effort per unit of food. That’s why it’s cheaper too. So buying from a small farm squanders resources, and does not save them.

]]> By: David http://thegoodhuman.com/2006/09/07/eat-local-challenge-how-far-are-you/#comment-198 David Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/09/07/eat-local-challenge-how-far-are-you/#comment-198 Stephan, I was not saying that we should get rid of farms...my point is that people should eat locally. Is it really a good use of energy to ship food across the country and the world in order for people to have things that are not available to them normally? I dont think it is.<BR/><BR/>Maybe thats the problem, "less human effort"...since when did it become a bad thing to harvest/deliver food? We spend a lot of human effort on everything else in life, I would imagine that food should be a very important one to put effort into. Stephan, I was not saying that we should get rid of farms…my point is that people should eat locally. Is it really a good use of energy to ship food across the country and the world in order for people to have things that are not available to them normally? I dont think it is.

Maybe thats the problem, “less human effort”…since when did it become a bad thing to harvest/deliver food? We spend a lot of human effort on everything else in life, I would imagine that food should be a very important one to put effort into.

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