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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br][b]Do food miles make a difference to global warming?[/b] By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. local food movement -- which used to be elite, expensive and mostly coastal -- has gone mainstream, with a boost from environmentalists who reckon that eating what grows nearby cuts down on global warming. But do food miles -- the distance edibles travel from farm to plate -- give an accurate gauge of environmental impact, especially where greenhouse gas emissions are concerned? [b]**CNN will pick this issue up on its Sanjay Gupta show this Friday at 7:40 am EST. Their angle is connecting health and global warming to local food.**[/b] [brown][size=1]The View From My Boots: [green]www.bovesboots.blogspot.com[/green] [/size=1][/brown] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.