Green Diva’s Guide to Delicious Living: How to Find Locally Produced Food
Since I will not have the ability to do a serious vegetable garden or have chickens and/or goats and cows at my suburban New Jersey home . . . YET . . . I am very committed to finding locally produced food. For so many reasons I’m a local foodie. Here are a couple of them:
- the lower carbon impact of supporting food that isn’t ‘big Ag’ produced and shipped across the country
- I personally enjoy meeting the farmers (whenever possible) and supporting their efforts
- the food is so much fresher and tastes better to me
- I simply get great satisfaction in knowing that I’m helping to move towards a more sustainable agriculture system by eating/buying locally
The following list of various ways to find and buy local food is an excerpt from a story we did last May/June in Relevant Times, by Tamara Jean Scully, who is a freelance writer, specializing in agricultural issues. She is a local foods advocate, working with the Foodshed Alliance to support local, sustainable family farming. Tammy is also a part-time farmer, growing perennials, raspberries and minor fruits. tamarajeanscully.com
