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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Why you should grow your own food !
You go grocery shopping, the thought of how all of your food gets to these shelves and boxes doesn’t even cross your mind. This is where the problem lies. Unawareness will almost always be the number one reason for all of our problems. When most people go out to buy food at their favorite stores they don't stop and think about how much money, fuel, and carbon emissions we could be saving just by growing our own food right at home.
If you’re growing your own food the carbon emissions are going to be quite literally zero. If you’re doing it all on your property this is even better as you are sequestering carbon. It is a great idea to start even a small garden. Is it a lot of work at the start? Yes. But is it completely worth the benefits? 100% yes, you won’t only be benefiting yourself but the planet that EVERYONE lives on.