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When the organic vs. local debate hits the mainstream media -- as it did on the Time Magazine's March 12 cover story -- we think there's hope that the American consumer might drive demand for healthy and environmentally-sound food and other products.
The Time story, though, points to one of the conflicts that often face environmentally conscious shoppers -- if given a choice between local produce grown with the help of pesticides, and organic produce grown across the country (or across the world) what do you choose?
The benefits of local eating can best be summed up by Joan Dye Gussow , in her 2001 memoir, "This Organic Life." Gussow wrote that her commitment to eating locally "is probably driven by three things. The first is the taste of live food; the second is my relation to frugality; the third is my deep concern about the state of the planet." Indeed, reports that the average food travels 1,500 miles to the average American's plate indicate that huge amounts of carbon dioxide emissions are associated with our food delivery systems. (According to Gussow, shipping a strawberry from California to New York requires 435 calories of fossil fuel, but yields only 5 calories to the eater.)
Organic produce, on the other hand, is generally believed to be healthier, and approximately 25% of American now buy organic products once a week. Although the the Time article states that the risks of long term exposure to pesticide residues are undetermined, recent studies show that organic foods contain higher vitamin levels and may be healthier in other ways as well. And its indisputable that keeping pesticides out of our ecosystems is a major benefit to the planet.
One day -- and maybe soon, with the help of more stories on Time's cover -- most of our produce will be organic and much more of it locally grown. But for now, Treehuggers, you walk into the supermarket and you're given a choice between an organic Fuji from across the country or a local Macoun -- which do you pick?
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