Eat Here
Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
$40.16
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2004
Summary
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, er…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393326642 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0393326640 |
| Author: | Brian Halweil |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 20mm |
| Series: | The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series |
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“Now it is up to the rest of us to do something with this amazing gift of a book.”
“Now it is up to the rest of us to do something with this amazing gift of a book.” – Mark Ritchie, President of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis “An insightful and timely book indicating just how important food, farms and rural cultures are.” – Jules Pretty, author of Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land, and Nature
About The Author
Brian Halweil
Brian Halweil is a researcher at the Worldwatch Institute.
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