Left: "The Urban Ecosystem" illustration from Mikey Tomkins's "Edible Urban Landscape" thesis paper (2006, London) Right: What Manhattan might look like if sea levels continue to rise. Photo illustration by John Blackford; original photograph by Cameron Davidson (featured in Vanity Fair)
Last week during class we talked about the "embodied energy" in products (like food). There was also mention of "food miles" in some of the presentations we watched in our Food, Ethics and Environment series. I wanted to give a few resources for these concepts from one of my favorite places to begin online research, Wikipedia. There are better places to find good sources of information, like your local library. But, since this is a blog, here's a few Wiki's for you to find out more about "food miles" and "embodied energy."
Also, I've found some more videos about "food miles" and links to great information. Take a look at some of the videos from Big Picture TV (online) about food miles.
I think it's important to understand that our relationship to food has changed faster than our psyche has been able to comprehend. Like Eric Schlosser said in his presentation, our food looks the same, but it's fundamentally different. We're faced with what Michael Pollan calls "the omnivore's delima." We'll talk more about that soon...
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Embodied energy
Food miles
1 comment:
There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also. Keep working ,great job!.
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