Comments on: Link O’Wednesday http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/05/27/link-owednesday/ A practical guide to eating local, in and around Chicago Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rob Gardner http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/05/27/link-owednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Rob Gardner Thu, 28 May 2009 12:18:04 +0000 http://www.thelocalbeet.com/?p=1849#comment-250 Karen, I said you casually swept aside the *green* benefits of eating local, not the benefits of eating local. Also, I do not believe I (or anyone) is advocating something as simplistic as "local=good, not local=bad". I do strongly believe that firstly, there are intrinsic green benefits to eating local, including the effect of food miles; secondly, it is easier or at least more likely that through local eating, one will select producers that use sustainable, good practices. There are many benefits to eating local. Let us continue to include the fact that it is earth friendly in the list. Karen, I said you casually swept aside the *green* benefits of eating local, not the benefits of eating local. Also, I do not believe I (or anyone) is advocating something as simplistic as “local=good, not local=bad”. I do strongly believe that firstly, there are intrinsic green benefits to eating local, including the effect of food miles; secondly, it is easier or at least more likely that through local eating, one will select producers that use sustainable, good practices. There are many benefits to eating local. Let us continue to include the fact that it is earth friendly in the list.

]]> By: Katherine Glover http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/05/27/link-owednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Katherine Glover Wed, 27 May 2009 21:56:24 +0000 http://www.thelocalbeet.com/?p=1849#comment-249 It was not my intention to "casually sweep aside" the benefits of eating local. All other things being equal, eating local is much better than not eating local. But there are other factors to consider as well -- one of them being that if the fertilizers and such are transported in from halfway across the world, many of the "local" benefits are lost. I just think people need to recognize that things are more complicated than "local=good, not local=bad." It was not my intention to “casually sweep aside” the benefits of eating local. All other things being equal, eating local is much better than not eating local. But there are other factors to consider as well — one of them being that if the fertilizers and such are transported in from halfway across the world, many of the “local” benefits are lost. I just think people need to recognize that things are more complicated than “local=good, not local=bad.”

]]> By: Damien http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/05/27/link-owednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Damien Wed, 27 May 2009 14:40:34 +0000 http://www.thelocalbeet.com/?p=1849#comment-248 Blatant self promotion alert... What about a link to the Slow Food / Garfield Park Tomato Plant sale today? http://www.candidwines.com/slowfoodtomatofest2009.html Please join us and come buy heirloom tomatoes for yourself, for your neighbors, for the vacant lot next to your neighbors... $3 a plant and all proceeds benefit Slow Food Chicago and the Conservatory. Not enough to convince you? What about the chance to meet Michael Thompson of the Honey Coop? Cmon...it's all in the name of Plant Parenthood. Join us! Buy a plant! Eat your own food! Blatant self promotion alert…

What about a link to the Slow Food / Garfield Park Tomato Plant sale today? http://www.candidwines.com/slowfoodtomatofest2009.html

Please join us and come buy heirloom tomatoes for yourself, for your neighbors, for the vacant lot next to your neighbors… $3 a plant and all proceeds benefit Slow Food Chicago and the Conservatory.

Not enough to convince you? What about the chance to meet Michael Thompson of the Honey Coop? Cmon…it’s all in the name of Plant Parenthood. Join us! Buy a plant! Eat your own food!

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