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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Environmental Benefits Of Locally Grown Produce
Eating locally-produced food helps our environment in many ways. It helps the climate problem because food needs to be transported from miles away, and making our own food would eliminate the need for this transportation. Other environmental benefits are that locally grown/produced food does not rely on fertilizers and pesticides, which lead to less water and soil contamination from run off. Social benefits of the locally grown produce is it supports local families and farmers, and it brings the community together. I personally do not have a food garden at home, but at school we have a large one, a living lab. I would like to have a food garden at home. There is a variety of foods I could grow and I would be contributing to bettering the environment. This website has more information on how locally grown produce contributes to the environment in a positive way, https://arrowquip.com/blog/animal-scien … grown-food
Wow, this is a very good point you've brought up! I especially agree with the point on killing two birds with one stone when you mentioned that growing locally helps the climate problem and transportation. May I ask, what is it about growing local that helps with climate? Are there things that rest in fertilizers and pesticides that we do not know about?