Ezra Klein sees this elegant image from Good that depicts seasonal eating and he snarkily (though accurately) observes that it merely proves why locavorism is best left to Californians.

Me? I see this image and think: Boy, we sure could use more hoop houses and winter gardening in the rest of the country. And thanks to the USDA, we should soon find out how realistic a thought that is. My hope is that the USDA's study of hoop house growing will put to rest the persistent myth that a geographically diversified food production system is 1) impossible or 2) would require large-carbon-footprint greenhouses heated by anything other than sunlight or compost. We shall see...

Labels: farming, food