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What can I do? Buy local!
Buy local:
- Did you know that the food that you eat travels an average of more than 1,500 miles to reach your plate?1By eating food that was manufactured in your country or even more locally, you are not only helping your nation's economy (and supporting farmers directly) but you are also reducing how much polution you are causing indirectly through consumption. If you use the emissions calculator on our website you can see for yourself how local consumption can really help reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and your impact.
- Buying items from farmer's markets as opposed to buying from supermarkets is incredibly less energy intensive. Brian Halweil of the Worldwatch Institute found that a typical meal bought from a conventional supermarket chain uses 4 to 17 times more petroleum for transport than the same meal using local ingredients.1
1 Worldwatch Institute. Home Grown: The Case For Local Food In A Global Market
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