Reply #12: That is part of it too. More so as we begin to face diminishing oil supplies. [View All]

[cui bono]

NPR had a program on food that I heard part of, and it was quite interesting. Iirc, they said the average distance food travels is 1500 miles. That's a lot of distance! Just by buying locally from farmer's markets we can reduce oil consumption while getting healthier, usually organic, foods and putting more money into the farmer's pockets instead of the mega-supermarket ceos.

But still, land use is a huge issue. Raising livestock and feeding them the grains that could've been grown instead is a tremendous waste of land. It simply is not environmentally sound.

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/environment/land/