Comments on: What is a locavore and should anybody be one? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/14/what-is-a-locavore-and-should-anybody-be-one/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy » Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 15 http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/14/what-is-a-locavore-and-should-anybody-be-one/comment-page-1/#comment-54678 Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy » Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 15 Fri, 15 May 2009 11:33:08 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3138#comment-54678 [...] chips are a locally grown food, you know the local food movement might be in trouble. Green Biz and Red Green and Blue ponder the [...] [...] chips are a locally grown food, you know the local food movement might be in trouble. Green Biz and Red Green and Blue ponder the [...]

]]> By: Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/14/what-is-a-locavore-and-should-anybody-be-one/comment-page-1/#comment-54713 Kay Sexton Fri, 15 May 2009 11:14:44 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3138#comment-54713 Yair, you echo the words of Adam Brett, who founded Tropical Wholefoods in the UK and whom I interviewed recently. He said that importing dried tropical fruits was vital to ensuring global sustainability - trade was essential to supporting the world's poorest, in his view. Yair, you echo the words of Adam Brett, who founded Tropical Wholefoods in the UK and whom I interviewed recently. He said that importing dried tropical fruits was vital to ensuring global sustainability – trade was essential to supporting the world's poorest, in his view.

]]> By: Yair Z http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/14/what-is-a-locavore-and-should-anybody-be-one/comment-page-1/#comment-54704 Yair Z Fri, 15 May 2009 10:01:09 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3138#comment-54704 "A sustainable world needs trade" I totally agree. We need to think globally, not just act locally. Desperately poor people will choose survival today over the environment tomorrow 99.9% of the time. The only way to relieve 3rd world poverty is help poor people in the 3rd world help themselves through local and global trade. "A sustainable world needs trade"

I totally agree. We need to think globally, not just act locally. Desperately poor people will choose survival today over the environment tomorrow 99.9% of the time. The only way to relieve 3rd world poverty is help poor people in the 3rd world help themselves through local and global trade.

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