Most people live closer to a supermarket than a farmer's market, so more local food could mean more food-vehicle miles.
"Now we have to beg for food and the local community gives us some food and that's how we survive -- we have nothing else, " says Mohammed.
Brazil's local currency debt and businesses in the food sector are also favorites of mine.
And the local-food movement's aims, of course, contradict those of the Fairtrade movement, by discouraging rich-country consumers from buying poor-country produce.
Japan's Mos Burger, local Western-style fast-food chains, Japanese fast-food chains, and Yum!
Buying more local food distributors in the fragmented U.S. market is another possibility.
If you are in the Design District, Michael's Genuine Food and Drink (www.michaelsgenuine.com) is a must for delicious food made from local ingredients.
But then there's this other statistic: over the past year, the local food bank reported a 69% increase in people requesting help.
McDonald's, the world's second biggest food outlet after Subway, increasingly adapts its range to local demand.
"Cash allows people to spend as they chose, whether it's on food or medicine, or many of them accumulate debt at local stores and use this money to repay part of it, which enables them to keep borrowing, " says Oxfam media officer Caroline Gluck.
It's an upmarket affair, relatively speaking, where you can grab some great local food and produce.
During the shoot Jacir's team also received unexpected support from members of the local community, who brought them food and drinks in between takes.
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Nordic countries, for example, are already worrying that next winter, as in this one, they will find their sleeves being tugged for fuel, food and medicine by local governments in impoverished towns in Russia's desperate far north.
Some specialise in Cantonese food, which is the local fare, but Hong Kong's many private kitchens serve up a wide range of cuisines, from Sichuan and modern Shanghainese fusion to Cajun and French. (One restaurant is even on a boat.) Reservations are required for all private kitchens and can usually be made in English.
Kabul has eateries and roadside stalls that sell kebabs and tasty snacks, but I suspect that the best local food, as in many places, is to be had in people's homes.
What's more, once the energy used in production as well as transport is taken into account, local food may turn out to be even less green.
More subtly, global exchanges disagree about the value they put on everything from food companies to banks, even after taking account of differences in a firm's local prospects.
Knowing the public's fears of unsafe food (and no doubt encouraged by the promise of compensation), the local konago fishermen had already pulled in their nets for the season.
Local officials who have spoken to police or the boy's family have described a small room with food, electricity and a TV.
So the local couple created the Yorkshire Food Finder trails, culinary tours offering an insight into how the region's specialities are created, bred or grown.
The local food is exotic much of the time, and the culture is so different than the U.S. Every day is an adventure here!
"If the wok stays hot and the food is fresh there's very little chance of bacteria, " my friend Joann Khaw, a local walking tour guide, told me.
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