Ten Reasons for Local Foods

We know whom our food is from. Local foods come from people just like us from the places we are used to. We are supporting people we know, and our purchases have a direct effect on the farmers as opposed to corporate farms whom see little money because the corporations take it.

Less Travel leads to healthier food The further food has to travel, the more susceptible it is to picking up bacteria and viruses.

Better variety Since local farmers have to abide by the laws of nature, they cannot supply peaches all year round, because peaches are only in season during the summer months. Having these rules to abide by, farmers have more time to experiment with other foods, which people would not necessarily think of such as salad turnips, senshu apples, and ground cherries.

Local foods are better for the environment Local foods have less space to travel from farm to table. Less travel leads to less fossil fuels being excreted into the atmosphere.

Nutritional value The longer a food is off the vine, bush, tree, or where ever the food stems from, the less nutrition the food has. Eat it fresh that day (only possible when local) the best possible nutrition available from that food!

Taste You have to admit, fresh fruit tastes way better that that over processed frozen stuff they sell in the supermarket!

More time to ripen Because local foods have less space to travel, they are allowed to stay on the vine longer, thus when they get to your table, they are as ripe as can be, and taste fantastic.

Local foods trump long distance organic A study performed by Food Policy, a journal in March of 2005 showed that the miles organic food has to travel to get to your table outweighs the damage done by local crops which have seen little pesticides.

Local foods stimulate local economy The money put down to pay for local foods go right into the pocket of the local farmers, who then pay for things around town to stimulate their farm. It’s a chain reaction. Local food stimulates local economy.

Local foods prevent further development When one buys local foods the money goes back to the farm to keep it up and running. Developers cannot dig up their ripe tomatoes and put in a few dozen-cookie cutter mc-mansions.