HOw To EAT LOCALLY, LOCAL HARVEST WEBSITE


Here is a very cool website I recently discovered.  It's caled Local Harvest, and is an AWESOME online resource for eating and shopping for food locally.  In you aren't sure what that is or what that means, essentially it's a movement that is trying to get people to eat food from local suppliers.  That means you will get the best food, the freshest food, and best of all, you will support your local farmers, and that's always an important thing.



At their WEBSITE, they have this awesome map that is interactive, meaning you can click and zoom down to where you live and see what's around you.  All those dots on the map are farms, farmer's markets, co ops, meat processors, even restaurants serving it, that are local to the area you are in.

Did you know that when you buy food at the grocery store, only 18 cents of your dollar goes to the actual farmer/grower and the other 82 cents goes to various middlemen who were involved in shipping the food?  In a perfect world, we could all do this all the time.  But I know it's not always easy, it's not always cheapest, it's not always convenient, but if you can do even a little bit and cut out the middlemen and support your local growers, that would be a huge step forward.  Every journey begins with a single step.


Buy Fresh Buy Local

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