Just Food

By James E. McWilliams

Categories: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Politics & Social Sciences

Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly is a 2009 book by James E. McWilliams, a historian at Texas State University. It challenges popular assumptions about sustainable eating. McWilliams argues that buying local food is not always the most environmentally sound choice, since transport is a small part of a food's carbon footprint. He examines organic farming, genetically modified crops, meat consumption and aquaculture, and proposes a more evidence-based approach to food.

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