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I cannot stress enough how important it is to support your local farmer, artisans and family owned business.
The old saying " Healthy living begins at home" is really quite true. The closer to home and the smaller the producer the less likely your products will contain the additives and preservatives that we are all striving to avoid these days.
Just a handful of reasons why you should eat local:
Eating local eliminates the middlemen. Buying food locally saves on transportation and virtually eliminates wasteful spending for unnecessary packing and advertising, which together account for more than 20-percent of total food costs.
Eating local saves on transportation. The most recent estimates indicate that the average fresh food item travels about 1,500 miles from its points of production to final purchase. Reducing transportation doesn’t save much in terms of dollars and cents, since total transportation costs amount to only about four-percent of food costs. The ecological savings may be far more significant. Energy for transportation is almost all derived from non-renewable fossil fuels. In addition, transportation is a major contributor to air pollution, particularly carbon dioxide.
Eating local improves food quality. Local foods can be fresher, more flavorful, and nutritious than can fresh foods that have been shipped.
Eating local makes at-home eating worth the time and effort. Preparing local foods, which typically are raw or minimally processed, requires additional time and effort. But, the superior quality of local foods allows almost anyone to prepare really good foods at home, with a reasonable amount of time and effort. Home preparation of foods saves money, particularly compared with convenience foods, which makes really good food affordable for almost anyone who can and will prepare them from scratch, regardless of income. Preparing and eating meals at home also provides opportunities for families to share quality time together which contributes to stronger families.
Eating local contributes to the local economy. American farmers, on average, receive only about 20 cents of each dollar spent for food, the rest going for processing, transportation, packing, and other marketing costs. Farmers who sell food direct to local customers receive the full retail value, a dollar for each food dollar spent.
Eating local helps save farmland. More than one million acres ofU.S.
Eating local restores integrity to the food system. When people eat locally, farmers form relationships with customers who care about the social and ecological consequences of how their food in produced – not just lower price, more convenience, or even an organic label. Those who eat locally form relationships with farmers who care about their land, care about their neighbors, and care about their customers – not just about maximizing profits and growth. Eating local provides people with an opportunity not only to reconnect personally, but also, to restore integrity to our relationships with each other and with the earth. In today’s society, there should be few, if any, higher priorities
We can and do make choices as individuals that do have an effect upon the world around us. If we do not support local business who will. Local business is made up of our families, our nieghbors, our community. Be a part of the solution, Buy Local.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to support your local farmer, artisans and family owned business.
The old saying " Healthy living begins at home" is really quite true. The closer to home and the smaller the producer the less likely your products will contain the additives and preservatives that we are all striving to avoid these days.
Just a handful of reasons why you should eat local:
Eating local eliminates the middlemen. Buying food locally saves on transportation and virtually eliminates wasteful spending for unnecessary packing and advertising, which together account for more than 20-percent of total food costs.
Eating local saves on transportation. The most recent estimates indicate that the average fresh food item travels about 1,500 miles from its points of production to final purchase. Reducing transportation doesn’t save much in terms of dollars and cents, since total transportation costs amount to only about four-percent of food costs. The ecological savings may be far more significant. Energy for transportation is almost all derived from non-renewable fossil fuels. In addition, transportation is a major contributor to air pollution, particularly carbon dioxide.
Eating local improves food quality. Local foods can be fresher, more flavorful, and nutritious than can fresh foods that have been shipped.
Eating local makes at-home eating worth the time and effort. Preparing local foods, which typically are raw or minimally processed, requires additional time and effort. But, the superior quality of local foods allows almost anyone to prepare really good foods at home, with a reasonable amount of time and effort. Home preparation of foods saves money, particularly compared with convenience foods, which makes really good food affordable for almost anyone who can and will prepare them from scratch, regardless of income. Preparing and eating meals at home also provides opportunities for families to share quality time together which contributes to stronger families.
Eating local contributes to the local economy. American farmers, on average, receive only about 20 cents of each dollar spent for food, the rest going for processing, transportation, packing, and other marketing costs. Farmers who sell food direct to local customers receive the full retail value, a dollar for each food dollar spent.
Eating local helps save farmland. More than one million acres of
Eating local restores integrity to the food system. When people eat locally, farmers form relationships with customers who care about the social and ecological consequences of how their food in produced – not just lower price, more convenience, or even an organic label. Those who eat locally form relationships with farmers who care about their land, care about their neighbors, and care about their customers – not just about maximizing profits and growth. Eating local provides people with an opportunity not only to reconnect personally, but also, to restore integrity to our relationships with each other and with the earth. In today’s society, there should be few, if any, higher priorities
We can and do make choices as individuals that do have an effect upon the world around us. If we do not support local business who will. Local business is made up of our families, our nieghbors, our community. Be a part of the solution, Buy Local.
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