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SUMMARY:Brews and Views - Eating Locally: The good, the bad, and the smugly
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 Please join us for the first of a special three-part 
 Brews and Views series on "The Ethics 
 of MSU's Green Food Futures: Challenges in distribution 
 and production." Brews and Views is 
 presented by the Institute for Quantitative 
 Health Science and Engineering in collaboration 
 with the Center for Ethics and Humanities 
 in the Life Sciences.\n
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 Since the start of 
 the pandemic nearly a year ago, people in the 
 U.S. have made a concerted effort to support 
 local businesses by shopping and eating locally. 
 The trend to eat local foods and even to 
 become "locavores" has circulated in sustainability 
 discussions for years. Buying local produce, 
 meats, and dairy seems an obvious way 
 to reduce one's "carbon-footprint," in addition 
 to supporting local business. But is eating 
 local really better for the environment? Is 
 it an effective way to support the economy? 
 Is it even realistic given the cost of food 
 and limitations on local production? With the 
 global population increase, is local food enough 
 to keep the world fed sustainably? Could 
 the value of supporting one's community make 
 these questions irrelevant?\n
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 Join us on Friday, 
 February 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST. Participants 
 are required to register in advance.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://iq.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Saneeya Mir\n
 Contact phone: 5178840169\n
 Contact email: mirsanee@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://iq.msu.edu/events/brews-and-views-at-home-edition-eating-locally-the-good-the-bad-and-the-sm\n
LOCATION:Virtual
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