On: Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells The Real Story

[krosaen]

There are good lifecycle analysis studies that back up organically grown vegetables have a smaller carbon footprint than conventional:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArTN5sf...

So while you are eating less meat, may as well eat more organic vegetables, locally grown all else being equal.

And if you want to find food where you can trace it back to its farm, http://realtimefarms.com is the place to go! (disclaimer, that's my startup, feedback welcome :)