"**Is it necessary to airlift blueberries from [[Peru]] to [[Canada]] in January, and green beans from [[Kenya]] to [[London]]?** The vitamin C and roughage these foodstuffs provide can be secured from many other sources with much lower carbon footprints. And could not we, with our immense data-processing capabilities, **price food better and more flexibly in order to make a major dent in the 30–40 percent waste rate?** Why not do what can be done, profitably and immediately, rather than waiting for more modeling exercises?" ([Location 3714](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=3714)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[climate-change]], [[globalisation]], [[local-food]], [[decarbonisation]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]