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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My family eats mostly organic food and recycles regularly. Another thing my family actively participates in is local farmers markets and locally grown food in general. By purchasing local foods you are not only supporting these local businesses but you are also cutting down carbon emissions from shipment of food.
what are some ways that you are helping?
My family does most of this things but we also have a mini garden with tomatoes, bell peppers, basil, and other small vegetables. We also compost spoiled food or peels/skins from food in our backyard.
We do the same thing. We always go to the farmers market. We grow a lot of our own vegetables and compost a lot
I agree I think it is really helpful to do this. The problem is that organic foods are more expensive and in a lot of poorer urban areas they don’t even have any grocery stores where they can can get these food items. I think we have to work on getting afordable food options everywhere to achieve this
True, organic usually costs more, but home grown veggies are probably organic, unless you decide to bathe your garden in chemicals (yuk!) and insecticides (yikes!). I hope you can find some space, even a little potted plant, for making a home garden. Maybe plant some plants in empty milk bottles or some empty can and grow indoors if no room is available outdoors.