Comments on: Will The Key Driver for the Relocalisation of Food Be Peak Oil, Climate Change or…. Obesity? http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-55326 Anonymous Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:44:09 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/#comment-55326 <p><strong>Obesity - Key Driver for Relocalisation ?...</strong></p> <p>The debate has raged recently among the online peak oil/localization community about whether peak oil will result in the relocalisation of food, or whether it will in fact lead to a shoring up and revalidation of industrial agriculture. Stuart Stanifor...</p> Obesity – Key Driver for Relocalisation ?…

The debate has raged recently among the online peak oil/localization community about whether peak oil will result in the relocalisation of food, or whether it will in fact lead to a shoring up and revalidation of industrial agriculture. Stuart Stanifor…

]]> By: Jeff Vail http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-55282 Jeff Vail Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:49:43 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/#comment-55282 <p>I wanted to provide a link to my rebuttal to Stuart Staniford on Peak Oil and relocalization of agriculture, which appeared on The Oil Drum about a week after Sharon's (my slow response may be explained by my prioritizing sleep a bit higher than Sharon Astyk!):</p> <p>http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3554</p> I wanted to provide a link to my rebuttal to Stuart Staniford on Peak Oil and relocalization of agriculture, which appeared on The Oil Drum about a week after Sharon’s (my slow response may be explained by my prioritizing sleep a bit higher than Sharon Astyk!):

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3554

]]> By: Darren Woodiwiss http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-55081 Darren Woodiwiss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:30:29 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/14/will-the-key-driver-for-the-relocalisation-of-food-be-peak-oil-climate-change-or%e2%80%a6-obesity/#comment-55081 <p>I would take a pinch of salt with the official obesity figures, they still labour away with the woefully inadequate BMI (Body mass index), this was demonstrated nicely in Jamey Olivers show a few weeks ago where the relatively fit, vegetarian rugby player was told that he was obese whilst hardly carring any fat at all.</p> <p>On the funding front, surely 'fit food' would have to be policy to gain access to grants.</p> I would take a pinch of salt with the official obesity figures, they still labour away with the woefully inadequate BMI (Body mass index), this was demonstrated nicely in Jamey Olivers show a few weeks ago where the relatively fit, vegetarian rugby player was told that he was obese whilst hardly carring any fat at all.

On the funding front, surely ‘fit food’ would have to be policy to gain access to grants.

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