The locavore movement has been misunderstood, perhaps willfully, by quite a few people. Newspapers characterize it as being simplistically, or militantly, focused on food-miles and ignoring the “fiendishly tricky business” of balancing your carbon emissions on your dinner plate.
Never mind that many of the objections raised in the above Guardian article are canards. Environmentally-sound growing [...]
Beyond Food Miles - A Locavore Apologetics
Thirteen Good Signs For Civilization
As a proponent of deliberate living, slowing down, and other types of voluntary simplicity, there are quite a few things that I think are important signposts on the way from an industrial-scale to human-scale society. Here are thirteen things that I am glad to see growing in popularity:
Farmers Markets and Community Supported Agriculture
Microbreweries
“Heirloom” vegetables, and [...]
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