“Interested in eating less oil? In this VideoNation/Hidden Driver report, animator Molly Schwartz keeps track of how many miles your food travels from field to fork.” (video opens YouTube in a new window)
I like that the (very cute & well designed) video brings up some of the other environmental factors besides food miles that eating locally helps to address – packaging and processing. When you bring your own bag to the farmers’ market or farm stand (I keep a couple totes in the car and near the door), you can get out of there with lots of food and very little packaging indeed – no more layers of cellophane, cardboard, more plastic. And most of the food is in its raw, unprocessed form. The book Twinkie, Deconstructed was enormously insightful for me – I learned a lot about the amount of energy needed to create processed foods. Sort of unbelievable how many factories and how much processing goes into a lot of everyday sorts of foods, let alone the super-processed Twinkies.
Great video. So many people don’t think about the effects on the environment when they buy/eat their food. Time to get the word out!
Very nice. It lays out in simple terms the issues surrounding local food consumption. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
It’s simple ideas like this that can make an impression on people and make them think differently.
-Kevin
http://www.21st-century-citizen.com
ps. BTW – I blog from Kingston, NH. I was a member of Willow Pond CSA last year.
Great video. You know you are eating healthier stuff when you buy organic and/or locally grown products. The world needs to be informed!