If It's Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?
Andrew Martin in his Feed column in the New York Times business section questions just how green the locavore movement is.
What spurred his question? Researchers at UC Davis are conducting studies trying to determine the actual carbon footprint of local food.
Isn't this kind of a silly academic exercise? We don't need a study to tell us that driving to a farmers' market every day in a gas-guzzling SUV to buy a pound of local produce leaves a heavy carbon footprint and is bad for the environment.
