Eat Local + Organic
As we run along the highways from BC through Alberta, we’re getting used to being pushed by the strong winds of the many semi trucks barreling past. It makes you wonder about all these trucks. Where are they coming from? Where are they going? What are they carrying? And why so many?
They’re coming from farms, far away…
They’re going to fill our stores full of stuff…
They’re carrying stuff made or grown across the country, or further…
Because we’re asking for it.
All these trucks reinforce, for us, why it’s so important to eat local as much as you can. At the time of writing, we’ve recorded over 500 new actions for Earth. Make your new commitment to eating local and organic. Your commitment makes a truckload of difference.
For my blog I was curious what the CO2 price tag would be on my vegetables. It happened that all three vegetable that where on my list came from California. Working it out (see blog for the calculations) it was a quarter pound of CO2 per pound of vegetables.
Comment by Chris Tilley — Friday, May 30, 2008 @ 11:28 am