Month: October 2013

One of the biggest problems facing both our health and our economy is the rise of mass produced food that is shipped across the region, across the country, or across the world. As the NY Times writes, the expenditure of fossil fuels during the transport of our agriculture goods across the planet is a significant…

Between 2011 and 2012, Americans crammed into the more than 37,000 different grocery stores across the country to get the items they needed to fill their shelves and refrigerators. As a result of that trend, according to Progressive Grocer Magazine, total supermarket sales in 2012 totaled more than $602 billion. While there are some benefits…