Join us Monday, Dec. 7 at noon EST as Professor Pierre Desrochers and Professor Sarah Wakefield take your questions on the benefits of eating local. In , Global Food Reporter Jessica Leeder wrote about Prof. Desrochers' argument that eating local isn't the best way for Canadians to reduce their carbon footprint:
"It doesn't make sense to have cattle ranges in Southern Ontario where the land can be better used to produce tomatoes or cucumbers," Prof. Desrochers points out. "You end up destroying more jobs by buying uncompetitive local food than the number of jobs you create in the process."
As Ms. Leeder writes, Prof. Desrochers' "food-miles calculus has made him persona non grata all the way from his Mississauga campus to Queen's Park, which is in the midst of pushing local food into Ontario's prisons, hospitals and schools."
Return to this page on Monday at noon to participate in the discussion with Prof. Desrochers, or leave a question in advance using our Comment function below.
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