Informative Series Inspiration

For the informative series I want to promote the benefits of buying local food. The website foodroutes.org gives many reasons to buy locally grown food. Here's a couple reasons why:

• You'll get exceptional taste and freshness - Local food is fresher and tastes better than food shipped long distances from other states or countries.
• You'll strengthen your local economy - Buying local food keeps your dollars circulating in your community. Getting to know the farmers who grow your food builds relationships based on understanding and trust.

 

Another informative poster I found is localharvest.org, which also promotes local food and why local is better. So why buy local? Most produce in the US is picked 4-7 days before being placed on supermarket shelves, and is shipped for an average of 1500 miles before being sold. And this is when taken into account only US products! Those distances are substantially longer when we take into consideration produce imported from Mexico, Asia, Canada, South America, and other places.  

Check out the rest of these websites for more reasons and information!