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Professor Pierre Desrochers on ”The Case against Locavorism and Food Sovereignty”

One problem created by the unparalleled reliability and security of our globalized food supply chain is that too many people are unaware of the reasons having motivated its development. This wouldn’t be problematic if local food activists hadn’t successfully pushed the idea of drastically increasing our reliance on local food production in the name of, among other things, improving food security, saving family farms, creating jobs, delivering better nutrition, reducing environmental impact and creating social capital. This event would not be possible without the generous support of: Templeton Religion Trust Compass Point Beach Resort Bahamas Wholesale Agencies Limited Go Ahead Biscuits Arizona Drinks About the speaker: Pierre Desrochers is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto and co-author of The Locavore’s Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet (PublicAffairs, 2012). His main research interests are economic development, technical innovation, business-environment interface, energy policy and food policy. The author of over 50 academic articles on these topics, he was the 2017 recipient of the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award for his research on environmental issues.