So what you're saying is you weren't a fan of the piece? :)

I posted it because I have a number of friends/family that are REALLY involved in the whole local movement, so much so that one of them quit a high paying marketing gig in Chicago to move to rural Michigan and become a farmer. As I mentioned below, one of the the things that is most often pointed to as a major benefit from the local movement is that it saves from all the fuel costs of sending a truck from mexico to the midwest so we can all have tomato's year round. I hear this often. But it's not that simple and it shouldn't be painted as such. The paragraph I enjoyed and planned to share with said family/friends is this one:

Second, even if we ignore point one, food being local does not necessarily tell us anything about its overall carbon footprint. Activists within the movement talk often of food miles under the assumption that the farther food travels to get to you, the more emissions it contributes. This is obviously wrong. For instance, suppose John drives 1 lbs of tomatoes 1 mile to the farmer’s market. Now suppose, Sally drives 3 lbs of tomatoes 2 miles to the farmer’s market. John’s food has fewer food miles, but Sally’s food has less miles per unit of food and, all else equal, less emissions per unit of food.

It's a point not often considered by those I've interacted with on the topic.

Srsly? seven fucking shares for this drivel?

I think people tend to share as much for the ensuing conversation as they do the piece that inspired it. I've shared posts that you've commented on just because of your comments, without actually having read the piece. I'd have shared this piece solely for the sounds_sound comment with the link to Costa del Polythene. But, to answer your question about how to block, if you are in your feed you will see the name of the domain in the title line. Click on it and you can either follow or ignore.

Alright, gotta run. I have to drive 4 hours for a 30 minute meeting. Talk about inefficient fuel usage!