Why local?

Reduces the emissions from transportation of produce by 26% fewer automobile miles.

Less packaging when you buy from local businesses which is less waste in landfills.

Education of where your food comes from which helps learn about the environmental impacts and share the word to others.

When you buy in smaller amounts, the food stays fresher and you waste less food, contributing to sustainability.

It creates new jobs by providing for needs of the people in the community.

You keep money within the community when you buy local.

You can meet community members and learn who your famers are and create lasting connections with the people who provide you food.

TRY THIS FOOD-PRINT CALCULATOR

Use the food-print calculator to determine the environmental impact of your diet

Use the ecological foot-print calculator to determine the environmental impact of your lifestyle and how many earths it take to sustain your current lifestyle

"Food made from plants that contain no animal derived ingredients." - Plant Based Food Association

Try making more choices where there is less animal products such as dairy and meat
Animal products such as beef and lamb elite the largest amount of carbon emission s campared to all of food production
- Cows and sheep produce methane (greenhouse gas)
- Therefore the more we raise and eat meat the more methane gas is released into the environment
The production of beef also leads to deforestation because of the land needed to raise them.