Our Energy-Gulping Industrial Food System Revealed in Eight Bullet Points

In his recent The New York Times op-ed, "Math Lessons for Locavores" -- debated at length in our "Food Fight" feature -- Stephen Budiansky shows that transportation and "modern" (i.e., highly mechanized and chemical-intensive) farming make up...

September 9, 2010 | Source: Grist | by Tom Philpott