Green Options » fresh product http://greenoptions.com/tag/fresh-product Posts tagged 'fresh product' Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Diva’s Guide to Delicious Living: How to Find Locally Produced Food http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/06/12/green-divas-guide-to-delicious-living-how-to-find-locally-produced-food/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/06/12/green-divas-guide-to-delicious-living-how-to-find-locally-produced-food/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:15:15 +0000 Megan McWilliams http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/06/12/green-divas-guide-to-delicious-living-how-to-find-locally-produced-food/ Sometimes picking your own is the best way to find locally grown 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

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