1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgEric Hesshttps://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-hess/The Locavore's Non-Dilemma - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oOsL4U2T8x"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2011/06/16/the-localvores-non-dilemma/">The Locavore's Non-Dilemma</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2011/06/16/the-localvores-non-dilemma/embed/#?secret=oOsL4U2T8x" width="600" height="338" title="“The Locavore's Non-Dilemma” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="oOsL4U2T8x" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/EH-rooftop-garden-328x550.jpg328550Over at the Boston Globe in a piece titled "The Localvore's Dilemma", Harvard professor and author Edward Glaeser makes the argument against urban agriculture. He’s a smart guy—and makes some good points. There are good reasons to keep large-scale farming farther out from population centers: transporting food isn't that big of an energy cost, and not every locality is equipped to produce the variety of fruits and vegetables that consumers demand. Keeping people in close proximity to one another is far better for the climate than trucking in produce. But I think he’s doing a disservice to the local food movement.