Some food for thought...err....facts to chew on....uhm....things to consider from the NC Office of Environmental Education:
- The avg meal in the US travels 1,500 miles before reaching your plate
- A head of lettuce traveling from CA to NC uses 36 times more fossil fuel energy in transit than it provides in food energy
- Farmers' markets enable growers to keep 80-90 cents per dollar spent vs 9 cents via the grocery store
- Produce not sold locally is in transit or storage for days or weeks
For more information on eating locally and food travel (from more than one perspective), I highly recommend the book Moveable Feasts.
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