Eating Local

EATING LOCAL EATING LOCAL ME ANSMORE FOR THELOCALECONOMY Supporting local businesses is essentialto keep a comminuty growing and thriving LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCEIS Food Miles is a FRESHER term used to encompass how much carbon was used to Local produce has often transport the product. This been picked within 24 travel also involves a massive waste of packag- ing ma terials hours of being purchased VARIETY SEASONALITY Eating locally encour ages eating with the seasons, this is when produce and The small enterprise Farmer has the freedom to produce niche crops that wouldn't be viable in a supermarket meats are at their most abundant and least expensive TALK TO THE FARMER Know your Farmer - Know your Food Learn how to best use the produce directly from the grower TASTE KNOW THE STORY OF YOUR FOOD Locally grown fruits and vegetables have longer to ripen BuckyBox LESS EFFLUENT RUNOFF LESS PESTICIDE USE MORE GENETIC DIVERSITY