394 Localized Food Systems
of sustainability, as a long journey on water has a lower impact than a shorter one
by road. At the same time, though, globalizing trends in food systems are likely to
continue, making localization harder and less likely to occur, despite the net eco-
nomic benefits.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Katherine de Villiers for conducting some of the early analysis
for this study and to the three anonymous referees for their very helpful comments
on an earlier draft of the paper.
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