Eating locally grown foods can be expensive, but it is important to support local businesses.  If more people begin to eat locally, the price will drop and the environment will benefit at the same time.  Since transportation is one of the big CO2 emitters, it is important to save as much driving, flying etc. as possible.  Eating locally would reduce the distance produce has to travel to get onto your table and thus be saving the environment.

One of the very reasons why people eat so poorly is in fact price. Locally, organic, non GMO foods and crops are much more expensive than a trip to Burger King or In N Out. While,  yes, organic is a much better option, most people do not have the luxury of choosing. You can feed a family of four an entire dinner from Burger King for about 20-30 dollars, where it would be much more expensive if you were going organic. Yes, converting to organic will eventually lower the prices but most people are not willing to make the change. Plus, the time it will take for that transition will be longer than anticipated, and people will most likely become bored or agitated and simply go back to what they were eating before.

I think this is a very important and easy way to reduce CO2. Although organic food is more expensive than buying normal, non-organic food, it is a lot better for the environment and our bodies. Organic food means it is not sprayed with pesticides, which makes it so food doesn't go bad as fast. Pesticides allow for them to transport the food long distances and it wont go bad. Organic means that it must be farmed locally because it doesn't have the shelf life to be shipped from very far. My family tries to buy organic whenever we can.