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| The Eat Local National Challenge - Why Eat Local1 Food? |
- Fresh food tastes really, REALLY good.
- Foods that don’t travel long distances can be bred for best taste, not for traits
like durability that help them ship well.
- Buying food within your community is a way to learn about the farms and
farmers who produce it.
- Local food is an investment in your region’s working landscape
- Local food can reduce energy demands, from the equipment used in the
fields to transportation to the amount of packaging.
- Local farmers carry on their region’s food traditions, including through
raising heirloom varieties of products that are not commonly found in the
commercial marketplace.
- Buying local food keeps money in the local economy.
- Anyone interested in where their food comes from will find that eating local
food is a great way to learn about every meal!
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