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The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet

Description:"If you take the local food movement to its logical extreme, people who live beyond their local food chain are essentially parasites," explains economic geographer Pierre Desrochers, co-author of the book The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet . Using economic and historical data, Desrochers and his co-author Hiroko Shimizu pick apart the latest food activist trend extolling the benefits of eating local. (5:44)

Source: ReasonTV

Tags: Criticism of the Local Food Movement , 000-mile Diet , enduring nature of food activism , food activist trends