Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket

Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
ISBN-10
0393326640
ISBN-13
9780393326642
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
236
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Brian Halweil

Description

An examination of food transportation practices throughout America and the rest of the world evaluates the economic and social costs of eating non-locally produced foods, citing such consequences as lost local revenues, transport pollution, and compromised food security while recommending rural restoration within cities. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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