F o o d d i s c o n n e c t

This is taken from http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-2om/Kingsolver.html

"The business of importing foods across great distances is not, by its nature, a boon to Third World farmers, but it’s very good business for oil companies. Transporting a single calorie of a perishable fresh fruit from California to New York takes about eighty-seven calories worth of fuel. That’s as efficient as driving from Philadelphia to Annapolis and back in order to walk three miles on a treadmill in a Maryland gym. There may be people who’d do it. Pardon me while I ask someone else to draft my energy budget."

It's a well-written article about food... and how disconnected most of us are from it. Worth the read!