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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Grow your own fruits and vegetables
Homegrown fruits and veggies are not only healthier, they also save fuel and energy because they are not being shipped from one place to another. Also store bought food produces a lot of CO2 because of the pesticides, traveling, packaging, farm equipment, refrigeration, and food processing. So, by growing homemade fruits and veggies your carbon footprint will be reduced substantially. Growing your own food can be a lot of fun and really not that much work. Start growing as soon as possible! For more ideas and information check out http://www.diynatural.com/reduce-ecological-footprint/ and http://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/res … r-own-gyo/