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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Eating locally is very beneficial to our environment. One reason is because it takes less time to get from the farm to your table. This reduces the use of transportation, which emits less fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Also, when you chose to grow your own food, you are less likely to use harsh chemicals that are used on non-locally grown plants to keep them fresh. Purchasing locally grown food lessens the amount of waste that would normally be produced from food from non local places.
http://www.ecowatch.com/10-reasons-why- … 29859.html
I agree completely! Some things that are easy to grow at home and are very healthy are bush beans, carrots, and beets. You'd be helping the environment, and yourself by eating healthily. By growing things on your own, you know your food is organic, and you don't have to travel to get the food you want, since it will be at your home. Also, if you do not want to grow the food yourself, you could possibly walk to the closest farmers market to buy locally grown food, to support local farms.