The Locavore

On CBC Radio’s the Current this morning, there was some discussion about whether or not today’s interest in resurrecting the family farm was merely nostalgia for a romanticized notion of the past or whether ditching the industrial farm was a real and sustainable plan for the future of our food system. Of course, I am [...]

This is a question raised by a recent article in the Financial Times titled “The Global Local Food Market” by Nicholas Lander. The article briefly explores some of the concerns a man named Simon Maxwell, director of the Overseas Development Institute of London, has about the First World trend to buy local produce over food [...]