Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket

Eating locally is a growing movement that is good for your health—but even better for the planet.

Everyone everywhere depends increasingly on long-distance food. Since 1961 the tonnage of food shipped between nations has grown fourfold. In the United States, food typically travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate—as much as 25 percent farther than in 1980. For some, the long-distance food system offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local cuisines, vari...