{"product_id":"b007v2vmkw","title":"The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new generation of food activists has come to believe that sustainable farming and eating local are the way to solve a host of perceived problems with our modern food supply system. By combining healthy eating and a high standard of environmental stewardship, these locavores think, we can also deliver important economic benefits and increase food security within local economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut after a thorough review of the evidence, economic geographer Pierre Desrochers and policy analyst Hiroko Shimizu have concluded these claims are mistaken. In  The Locavore's Dilemma , they explain the history, science, and economics of food supply to reveal what locavores miss or misunderstand: the real environmental impacts of agricultural production; the drudgery of subsistence farming; and the essential role large-scale, industrial producers play in making food more available, varied, affordable, and nutritionally rich than ever before in history. At best, they show, locavorism is a well-meaning marketing fad among the world's most privileged consumers. At worst, it constitutes a dangerous distraction from solving serious global food issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeliberately provocative, but based on scrupulous research and incontrovertible scientific evidence, The Locavore's Dilemma proves that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur modern food-supply chain is a superior alternative that has evolved through constant competition and ever-more-rigorous efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA world food chain characterized by free trade and the absence of agricultural subsidies would deliver lower prices and more variety in a manner that is both economically and environmentally more sustainable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no need to feel guilty for not joining the locavores on their crusade. Eating globally, not only locally, is the way to save the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52835471786200,"sku":"YSL58365","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81w7Tlfyl2L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793263720","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b007v2vmkw","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}