The perennial argument of which is greener, Organic or Local food?
This is a new discussion based around an
old ecolocal post by
Jane. My view is that Local food is better, even if it's not Organic, the lesser food miles still count. In that respect, the
100 Mile Diet is great resource for eating local if you're in the United States. For those of us in the UK, have a look at this postcode-based search engine for local producers.
Elsewhere, there are more and more articles cropping up on the web about this issue, like this one:
"Sometimes, though, local versus organic is a false choice--sometimes you can't find organic, or the local choice is bad"
The more I read, the more the 'local' choice is the better one, especially now that more and more supermarkets are pushing organic food in large quantities, causing the producers to cut corners once again.
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Hi Jack,
Welcome to ecolocal, nice post :)
I don't mind you regurgitating some of the more interesting facts in this thread, I'd be interested to read them to be honest. I'd never heard of throium, for instance, so please feel free to share some more of those nuggets.
Back on the organic vs. local thread, I just spotted this local recipe guide from over at the telegraph.co.uk website today. And here's a more considered post on the commercialisation of organic food elsewhere on ecolocal too.
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hi duncan, thorium is being studied by dr hashemy-nezhad in australia, they must have lots. its reported to give out much more power, about 50 times more and have a shorter afterlife, i think 350yrs. nuggets coming up, out of every £ spent at the supermarket the farmer gets 5p, the chemical company 30p and the supermarket 65p.hardly seems fair,does it?
4 fruit, 15 plant species, 8 livestock species account for 90% of global food production, just 27 items, the others provides variety.
cotton uses 10% of all agricultural land and a quarter of all the fertilisers, pesticides, etc, a very toxic harvest.
animal protein has been known to be the cause of cancer since 1968, read THE CHINA STUDY isbn 1-932100-38-5.
about one third of total spending in supermarkets is on soft drinks and bottled water, nestle own 75 different brands alone.
it costs councils about £28 to dispose of 1 ton of green waste at composting facilitys, it sells for £7 a ton.
trees are being investigated for electric supplies, honest.
well thats enough for now duncan, i will just added that an organic allotement i visit uses tons of horse manure each year and has tested positive for arsenic and mercury amongst other
soil contaminants, i dont eat anything from there of course, but its good company.
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Treehugger has a few things to say about Thorium too:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/th_solv...
And they point out this blog about Thorium in particular:
http://thoriumenergy.blogspot.com/
Seems like I've got some reading to do...
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