Category Archives: Localization

Local Foods Talk Tonight

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Yaacov

Tonight, CIGI is hosting a discussion on local food between Fred Pearce and Thomas Homer-Dixon. They’ll be talking about the benefits and drawbacks of eating local. Hope to see you there! —- Update: The talk was not great. Pearce did … Continue reading →

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Local Food

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Yaacov

It started with a presentation I saw a couple years ago by Marc Xuereb, a planner working for the Region of Waterloo. Marc had done some remarkable work tracking food miles, the distance that food travels before it reaches the … Continue reading →

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