Note to self: don't blog while hungry

Food that travels well (NYT) - an interesting article about the life cycle assessment of food production. To summarize, locally grown isn't always more environmentally friendly, because the distance food travels to our plate is far from the only input.

Keeping that in mind, all things being equal, choosing local food will always be a preferable option. I know I'd rather pay a local U-Pick for local, sweet, normal-sized strawberries than a grocery store for robot strawberries shipped from California, during the short period of time that I'm able to make that choice in my climate.