Relocalisation of food production and distribution: the ‘strategic alternative’

by | Nov 3, 2018 | Economy, Export-led growth, Food, Globalisation, Government, Local economies, Procurement, Regional economies, Sustainability, Transition, Urban, Water

In the Friend, 19th October 2018, Clíodhna Mulhern remembers living in a market town in Ireland in the 1950s: “We shopped in small independent shops and our food was local: our vegetables came from neighbouring farms, always seasonal, and there was no other kind”....

Move beyond left/right, Brexit/Remain thinking, and build a movement for economic change

by | Oct 21, 2018 | Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Food, Globalisation, Government, Health, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Transition Network

In similar vein to a recent post on this site, Helena Norberg-Hodge writes: Ever since the Brexit referendum was first announced, we have been bombarded by an array of starkly contradictory pronouncements – from the Leave camp’s now infamous claim that withdrawal from...

A strategic alternative: localised and labour-intensive food production

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Economics, Economy, EU, Food, Globalisation, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Planning, Procurement, Regional economies, Trade, Transition, Transport, Waste

LWM’s co-founder Colin Hines, in his latest book, Progressive Protectionism, asks: “In a sustainable system, would not each country aim to produce its own staple food? Surpluses and exotics could be exported, speculation in food by unproductive middlemen would be...