Why Support Local Food?
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When you buy from a local food producer you are
- supporting your body's health with food at it's freshest;
- enjoying your food in season;
- taking comfort that your food is grown with integrity;
- reducing your carbon footprint by not traveling food long distances;
- helping to ensure family farms earn an income and sustain themselves;
- developing a relationship with those who produced your food;
- committing your purchasing dollars to stay within our community.
Consider these facts about supermarket food
- Most supermarket food travels approximately 1,500 miles from the farm to your table.
- Fewer than one million Americans claim farming as their occupation.
- America has lost 4.7 million farms since 1935.
- Food in transit is picked before its fullest flavor develops, about 7 - 14 days too early.
- Day laborers can earn as little as $2.50 a day picking produce for corporate farms according to the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
- Supermarket produce has been bred to withstand traveling long distances making durability its emphasis, not flavor or nutrition.
