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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Healthier for you and the Environment
Locally grown food is Healthier for the environment because it dose not need to be transported reducing the green house gases caused by trucks and other vehicles. Locally grown food also usually dose not use pesticides or chemicals that are needed when food is picked and transported a long distance. This benefits the environment and you because those chemicals are not healthy. Eating locally grown food also promotes small farms rather than big commercial farms that are destroying the environment. I try to buy produce from local farmers by looking at the labels where the produce came from. If it comes from more than 1-2 states away I don't buy it. I also try to buy produce that is in season so it is more likely to be local.