On buying locally produced foods...

[draggonlaady]

Just a blip I found that I thought I'd throw up here after the recent conversation
about organic/conventional farming and locally produced food.

From Newsweek:

"A New Yorker leaves a smaller carbon footprint drinking a French Bordeaux shipped across the Atlantic (2.93 pounds of carbon per bottle) than drinking a Napa merlot (7.05 pounds). That's because when it comes to calculating carbon costs, the method of transportation matters as much as the distance. Shipping freight by sea generates less than half the emissions associated with airplanes or tractor-trailers."

Comments

[miss-swamp.livejournal.com]

Because New York wine just isn't good enough.

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Of course not. New York wine? That's almost as bad as New York Salsa. Or something... I don't know, I don't drink wine anyway. It was just an example. ;)

[funranium.livejournal.com]

Eh, Finger Lake vintages aren't bad but if you've got the money to spend I'd take the French.

Of course, I'm strange in that my favorite vintages are all from Transylvania. There's a reason the elite of Roman Empire drank that rather than Italy's own production. That was for plebs.