tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026292844120978551.post897384750216027564..comments2024-02-18T23:36:14.267-08:00Comments on A Continual Feast: Earth Daysarah mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18016489034529811005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026292844120978551.post-50872762548590335202009-04-23T21:03:00.000-07:002009-04-23T21:03:00.000-07:00Hmm... well, I think the vegetarian diet has that...Hmm... well, I think the vegetarian diet has that effect, but only to to a point. If you live, say, in the northeast and your vegetarian diet includes apples from Washington, spinach and asparagus from CA, grapes from Peru, peaches from Argentina, and tomatoes and bell peppers from Mexico, are you really improving matters all that much? <br><br>I think the best impact of all is to eschew industrial agriculture of any form (organic or conventional) and try to remain fairly local in our food consumption. Even with occasional meat consumption, I think this sort of diet is going to have the greatest impact. But there are so many different variables going into this, it seems hard to know how to best crunch the numbers to really figure it out - if such a thing really is even knowable! <br><br>Can you tell I've been reading books like The Omnivore's Dilemma, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and Real Food recently? *grin* Lots of good food for thought there! (ok, couldn't resist, sorry)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.com