Being (and Saving) Green: Local Food

It’s Earth Day and I like to take the time to think about what I could improve upon in terms of living a more sustainable lifestyle. One of the things we’ve been trying to do as a family is to buy more local food. Local food benefits the Earth in more than one way:

Food that does not have travel far is less polluting — no big trucks needed for long transport.
Often, local (but not always) food is grown without harmful chemicals/pesticides.
Many small, local farms and operations pride themselves in sustainable practices that are better for the environment.
Smaller farms means less …read more