5 videos tagged food miles
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Eric Schlosser
What’s wrong with conventional agriculture?
Eric Schlosser believes that industrialized food systems are far too reliant on fossil fuels. Our food is dependent on oil both in its production and in its transportation to market.…
Recorded: 28 October 2006
Bill McKibben
What are the benefits of eating locally produced food?
Bill McKibben describes his experience eating seasonal foods grown locally to his home in Vermont. The benefits of eating fresh local produce are both environmental and surprisingly…
Recorded: 15 October 2005
Caroline Lucas
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
Caroline Lucas explains how economic growth is largely driven by corporate globalization and how the global trading system has been designed to further the interests of the affluent…
Recorded: 3 December 2004
Satish Kumar
What are the main problems of materialism?
Satish Kumar describes how present levels of consumption in the West are simply unsustainable. He examines the material values prevalent in much of Western society and envisages…
Recorded: 28 May 2004
Helena Norberg-Hodge
What are the benefits of supporting local food? (Part One)
In the first part of this two-part series, Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about the benefits that supporting the local food economy can bring to both consumers and producers. By shortening…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
