Hi Annie Leymarie — thanks for your comment. I completely agree with you about the role of animal agriculture, and was not denying this at all. This post was focused on the idea/myth of local food always being the most sustainable, something I wanted to address. That’s why the focus in the firsst couple of paragraphs is on transport and storage of locally grown fruit/veg. If you read the full article, you’ll see I address meat and dairy, and argue that just buying local beef/milk is not enough — the paragraph starting ‘However, meat and dairy are also amongst the most impactful food items…’