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Home Grown

How much does eating locally-produced food help the climate problem? What are the other potential environmental and social benefits of eating locally-grown/produced food? Do you have a food garden in your school or at home? If not, do you want one?




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Home Grown: Farming, Agriculture and Livestock

liwiBOD1

Completing the quiz to find my carbon footprint impact quiz opened my eyes to the amount of unnecessary things in which I endorse. One basic change that I could take would be to grow fruits and vegetables from an at-home garden. In this way, I can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases because the machines that are used to power large food plants typically use gasoline which pollutes the air and the foods. Additionally the factories that disperse the items release toxic gases into the atmosphere making it unsafe for humans to both breathe and ingest the food that is contaminated. Additionally, the use of plastic packaging of fruits and vegetables has a drastic effect on the environment. By growing food in a small garden, I can reduce my carbon footprint by not purchasing foods that have been sourced using gasoline-powered equipment which has a detrimental cost to the greenhouse gas emission levels. By having a garden, I can also live a healthier lifestyle because of the healthy options in my backyard. If one were to go even further, they could raise livestock such as chickens, goats, pigs, sheep and cows to produce both dairy and meat products. This would remove endless amounts of greenhouse gases that are poured into the atmosphere by large packinghouses and distributor plants by removing those steps to getting meats and dairy products. Overall, owning livestock or even simply creating a small backyard garden can have an impact on the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the environment from large corporations.

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