I was listening the the radio the other day (I think it was NPR one morning) and it was a report in their series on global warming. For this particular report they were talking about Food Miles and how the mileage that food travels impacts global warming and the amount of green house gases that we as individuals are responsible for.

Food Miles are defined as the amount of miles that food must travel from where it is grown to our dinner plates. I had heard about this at least a few times in the last few years. It didn’t hit me until an article I saw on Digg.com (originally on Treehugger.com) about how many resources are used in the making of Fiji water, that the processing and transportation of food takes up a LOT of resources.

The answer to this then is to try to eat foods that are grown locally. This shouldn’t be too much of a problem during the summer. And if not locally then at least in the states (I guess, I am still figuring this stuff out).

I guess that is what gardens are good for. Too bad its not hot enough to grow mangos and avocados.