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# J. B. MacKinnon

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James Bernard MacKinnon, commonly cited as J.B. MacKinnon, is a Canadian journalist, contributing editor and book author.

## Quick Facts About J. B. MacKinnon

Notable works The Day the World Stops Shopping

## About J. B. MacKinnon

James Bernard MacKinnon, commonly cited as J.B. MacKinnon, is a Canadian journalist, contributing editor and book author. MacKinnon is best known for co-authoring with Alisa Smith the bestselling book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating, encouraging readers to focus on local eating as a way to address current environmental and economic issues. MacKinnon and Smith also collaborated in the creation of the Food Network Canada television series The 100 Mile Challenge, based on the book. He has won six National Magazine Awards, and the 2006 Charles Taylor Prize for best work of Literary Non-Fiction.

##  Quotes by J. B. MacKinnon

> [Distance is the Enemy of Awareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-mackinnon/distance-is-the-enemy-of-awareness/)

[J. B. MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-mackinnon/)

[Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/)

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> [Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-mackinnon/human-beings-are-the-center-of-the-universe-from-only-one-perspective/)

[J. B. MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-mackinnon/)

[Center of the universe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/center-of-the-universe/)

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