The Low Costs of Local Foods

Local foods like these from Pierson Farm in Bradford, Vermont, are far less expensive and far better for you in the long run.

added 01/13/09

One analyst recently quipped: today’s economic crisis is the long-term result of short-term thinking. Food-industry trends are no exception. Fast cheap food is much slower and more expensive than you might think. Decades of putting the interests of monolithic agri-businesses over the needs of sustainable food systems has had devastating and far-reaching impacts on everything from the environment and global economy to U.S. foreign policy.

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