Post Carbon Fellow Michael Bomford was quoted in this article on the importance of local agricultural land in food security.

From the article:

Experts in the field note that there are a number of reasons why it’s important to maintain local agricultural land, from health and environmental benefits to global and national security.

“Our potential to have an impact on the environment with the way we eat is tremendous,” said KPU instructor Dr. Michael Bomford, who said as much as 15 per cent of energy consumption is related to the way we eat.

And while much attention has been put on “food miles” in one’s diet, Bomford adds that “we need to look at the whole system and that includes the processing and packaging of food and how we prepare food in our kitchens.”

Bomford has also studied the food system’s impact on climate change, noting livestock contributes to greenhouse gases (14.5 per cent of all human-caused GHGs, according to the United Nations in 2013).