Why We Buy Local
For us, it’s very important to buy local and fresh ingredients. Local produce is fresher and tastes better because it is usually sold within 24 hours of being picked. If you buy produce at a conventional grocery store, it may have been kept in storage for days or weeks.
Other Facts:
Local food = local money-eating local means more money stays within your community. Every dollar spent generates twice as much income for the local economy.
Local food is more ripe local produce has longer to ripen on the vine because it doesn’t have to travel long distances. This gives you a tastier, vine-ripened product.
Eating local is “green” Eating locally reduces your carbon footprint. When your food doesn’t travel long distances, you’re promoting better air quality and reducing pollution.
Local food is seasonal buying local food keeps us in touch with the seasons. Not everything is available all year round, meaning what grows is the most abundant, least expensive and at its peak.
Local food is purer when you buy food that travels fewer distances, it is less likely to be contaminated or tampered with.