Deep economy response paper

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Summary, Synthesis, and Application of Bill McKibbens Deep Economy, Chapter 2: The Year of Eating Locally

In this chapter of Bill McKibbens Deep Economy, the author frames his discussion of the industrial agricultural and food industries with his attempt to eat only local foods through a harsh Vermont winter. His discussion of the advantages and challenges of this decision is interspersed with long commentaries on the basic inefficiencies of producing food and agricultural products on an industrial scale, as well as the environmental in-sustainability of the current system. McKibben also examines the local alternatives to this industrial food complex, providing a more practical use for the frame he provides in his attempt to eat locally for a winter. Ultimately, McKibben is calling for a reassessment of the way we receive our food and the variety of effectson our health, economy, and environmentthat industrial food production has.
While out driving on an Interstate highway several months ago, I moved into the left lane to pass a truck loaded with red and somewhat plasticy tomatoes. I initially began thinking about what I had read somewhere, sometime before this incident, tomatoes had been bred in the twentieth century not to preserve their flavor,…

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