The recipe for non-pollutant food

The founder of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, considers the British born concept of Food Miles, the distance covered by food before landing on western markets and how this transport contributes to global warming. "I am not saying that the transport of food has become politically incorrect and that it should be abolished. I am not saying that people in Alaska should eat nothing but salmon, moss and seaweed. But we need to demonstrate a little common sense and move towards the abolition of useless transport ... . Talk of local economy does not propose a closed self-sustaining model. In terms of food it means rationalising production and consummation with respect for local cultures, biodiversity and public health."

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