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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Gardening and buying locally produced food is an easy change and great for the environment. Having your own garden is an easy way to lessen your carbon footprint, and even give back into the environment. Plants photosynthesize by taking carbon dioxide out of the air, therefore reducing global warming. Aside from the obvious benefits to the environment, gardening is good for our own health. Local produce is another easy way to help reduce our carbon footprints. The agricultural industry has become strictly a financial tactic instead of healthy food produce. The cheap energy and agricultural subsidies have led to pollution in soil and water. Industrial food production is solely based on fossil fuels. Buying from a local produce shop not only supports your community, but helps the environment greatly.
Sources: http://www.thegreengirls.com/gardening- … vironment/
This is an awesome thing, I completely agree that locally grown foods should be way more prioritized than efficiency. It takes me back to an idea somewhere above yours that focuses on rooftop gardens. I feel like this would be an excellent way to provide space for locally grown foods in the city, because I'd assume it would be harder to find a place for crops there than it would be here in the land of agriculture. I feel like a city policy granting that rooftop gardens are socially acceptable would be a great way use gardening and plants to improve air, and also provide fresh food for the building's inhabitants.
i agree with this too! Gardens in peoples yards reduce the amount of transportation that it takes for the food to come to you. This would reduce the amount of co2 that you produce and impact the environment where you live in a positive way. Rooftop gardens in cities whole also be a good idea, because often in urban settings there are less plants and so it would be important to consume co2!
You make a strong point. Buying locally-sourced food is a great way to reduce the carbon emissions created through the production and transportation of produce. Unfortunately, due to the use of pesticides and cheap energy in our farms and factories, runoff water is often polluted and unsafe. This water eventually makes its way to our oceans and fresh water sources, where it does great damage. Another great solution would be to cease the use of pesticides entirely, which would help with keeping our water clean and safe.
I agree with you as well, gardens and locally grown food is a great way to reduce our carbon footprint. For example, at Bishop O'Dowd High School we have the Living Lab which provides us with our own food we grow. We decrease are carbon footprint by using the food we grow for lunches for our whole school. Simple things like this can reduce a huge amount of our carbon footprint.
I completey agree with you as well and it is also much more healthy for us as humans too. It keeps our carbon footprint down and it is much more healthy for us. Obesity is a real problem in the United States so this might help fight that as well. So it is a win win situtation 