Eating local and organic food is very important and is a good way you can help decrease your carbon footprint. There are so many benefits to eating locally grown food. By eating locally grown food you can help decrease the amount of transportation it takes to deliver the food. Transportation plays a huge role in carbon dioxide emission, so by eating locally grown food the amount of carbon dioxide would decrease. Also when you eat local food you know where it comes from and can then work on monitoring the chemicals and pesticides put on your food. These pesticides and chemicals can be very harmful to the environment. Additionally, when you buy local and organic food you help your local farms. I think having a sustainable food garden is very important in schools because it teaches kids the importance of being sustainable. When you produce your own food you can also insure that the food you are growing is green and does not negatively effect the environment. Overall,  eating locally grown food not only helps reduce carbon dioxide emission, but locally grown food also often tastes better.