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09.01.2009 3:40 pm

Food from faraway adds little to our carbon footprint

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After I wrote a column critical of Illinois’ local-food law, a couple of readers accused me of ignoring the energy used in shipping food. A comment from Oni, for example, said:

Shipping food all over the place has several problems not mentioned…

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03.04.2009 3:47 pm

Locavore report relies on flawed economics

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is it just me, or is every interest group these days couching its favorite proposals in terms of economic stimulus? The latest stimulus plan to come across my desk is a report titled “Local Food, Farms and Jobs: Growing the Illinois Economy,” and…

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