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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Buying local foods can help the enviorment because you know that the food is being grown in your community and not on some random farms all over the state or country. Shopping at farmers markets can be helpful because they sell healthy and organic foods. All of the chemicals that the farmers spray on the fruits and veggies can effect the plants because and can effect the way they taste and it might cause health problems.
When you buy home grown foods you know exactly what you are buying and it lowers your carbon footprint. It is not just healthier but also much better than food that has been traveling for week around the globe before it comes to the store you buy it from.