Just food : where locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly / James E. McWilliams.
McWilliams, James E.
2009
GT2850 .M375 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Just food : where locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly / James E. McWilliams.
Author
McWilliams, James E.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780316033749
031603374X
Publication Details
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
Language
English
Description
viii, 258 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GT2850 .M375 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
394.1/2
Summary
A provocative response to mixed messages surrounding the "locally grown" movement challenges popular opinions about the nutritional and environmental realities of food, revealing such information as the superior energy efficiency of imported tomatoes and the greater sustainability of farm-raised freshwater fish.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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