Summer is here and one of my favorite things to do is go to the farmers market. I love to support local farms, and I feel good knowing where my produce came from.
What are the benefits of buying local produce?
- By supporting local farms, you're helping to keep them in business, which supports your community. In return, this helps to protect precious farmland from becoming developed.
- You're helping to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and the amount of pollution emitted by trucks - if you buy organic apples from Chile those apples are making a very long trip on the way to your mouth. Wait until fall and buy them from a local grower and this summer eat berries and stone fruits (peaches, plums, apricots, etc.) that are in season.
- The best part is that when you buy local, you are receiving the freshest possible produce, picked just hours before getting to you.
So buying local is good for the consumer, for the farmer, and for the earth. Hey, this reminds me of the 100 mile diet. You want to shoot for eating foods that are produced or harvested within 100 miles of where you live. Summertime is a great time to adopt this "diet" since the sunny warm weather brings so many gardens and farms to life.
So the next time you go shopping for your fruits and veggies, look for signs that say "locally grown."
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I love this post!!! I totally agree, it's good for everyone!
1I love being able to ask the farmers at our Farmers Market when and where their produce was picked. Often, it was picked that same day, less than an hour out of town. Very cool -- and cheaper than buying from the grocery.
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