While grocery shopping, I have often struggled with the
decision to buy organic or buy local. Yes, the organic is better for farms’
environments, farm workers, and for consumers’ health (at least in the short
term). But if the organic food is
shipped in from Argentina,
what are the costs in terms of fossil fuel consumption and emissions of
pollutants and greenhouse gases? This
question on the origins of our food has implications not only at the grocery
