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TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 265-274Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2008.01.008
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- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-224-25-0044] Funding Source: researchfish
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Advocates of 'local food' claim it serves to reduce food miles and greenhouse gas emissions, improve food safety and quality, strengthen local economies and enhance social capital. We critically review the philosophical and scientific rationale for this assertion, and consider whether conventional scientific approaches can help resolve the debate. We conclude that food miles are a poor indicator of the environmental and ethical impacts of food production. Only through combining spatially explicit life cycle assessment with analysis of social issues can the benefits of local food be assessed. This type of analysis is currently lacking for nearly all food chains.
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