Comments on: Do Food Miles Matter?

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:22:06 +0000

Thanks greentangle! I’ve reserved a copy of the book from the library, will read it soon!

By: greentangle

greentangle — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:20:27 +0000

Deb, it’s a lot of complex interwoven stuff for a comment; I don’t think I’ve even written a post on it all. You might check out a book from last year: The End of the Long Summer by Dianne Dumanoski and there are lots of other peak oil and climate change ones to choose from. Dumanoski’s includes some words on how our rapid population increase has been due to even more rapid energy and fossil fuel use. I think of our society as a kid who got a million $ inheritance but instead of using it wisely and living off it for the rest of his life, blew it all on drugs the first year. Then what happens the second year?

By: Mary Martin

Mary Martin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:22:09 +0000

Bring it! Thanks for offering.

By: A tortilla chip post « Invisible Voices

A tortilla chip post « Invisible Voices — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:23:56 +0000

[...] Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Sustainably” recently, and I posted about it over on Animal Rights & AntiOppression. Well, I posted about part of the book. It’s a bit much for just one post. I might post about [...]

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:24:09 +0000

@Mary – I can bring the book with me at the end of the month if you’re interested!

@greentangle – he doesn’t discuss whether it is possible long-term so much as taking it as a given that the global population will be 9.5 billion by 2050. I’d be interested to hear more of your thoughts on this!

@Cyndi – it was the Animal Voices interview that got me interested in reading his book as well! It was the interview I linked in the body of the post. I don’t think I read his OpEds though. Thanks for mentioning them!

By: Cyndi R

Cyndi R — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:47:36 +0000

McWilliams was interviewed on Animal Voices, wrote an OpEd in Forbes, and NYT I think. It was Animal Voices that compelled me to buy his books.

By: greentangle

greentangle — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:20:42 +0000

To me, the glaringly obvious answer to “How will we feed 9 [+ x] billion people?” in the future is that we won’t. That population grew under conditions which aren’t constant and will drop drastically. Did he suggest that it’s possible long-term or was he just looking at this moment in time?

But in the short term, and from the point of view of your post, I certainly agree with the fact that meat as a product is not environmentally sound.

By: Mary Martin

Mary Martin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:21:43 +0000

I’ve heard about McWilliams. I want to say in Grist, but I’m not sure. I will definitely put this next on my reading list.
Thanks!