"Wasted food miles: my year-long diet of strictly Groningen produce" (New FEBlog)

FEBlog by professor Laura Spierdijk:

‘Why do I have to buy potatoes that come from Germany, when the Groningen countryside is covered in potatoes?’ Professor Laura Spierdijk has been on a ‘local’ diet for a year now, buying summer and winter produce grown in the region. Read her blog on her local diet, the failure of Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand, the benefits of being a hunter-gatherer and the rediscovery of potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Read her whole blog (in Dutch) on www.rug.nl/feb/feblog