7 Benefits of Eating Local Foods
Summer is the perfect time to shop your local farmers market for fresh fruits, vegetables and meat. Depending on the size of your community, you may even find baked goods like quiches and muffins or other farm-fresh items, such as yogurt, milk, cheese and eggs. While browsing through locally produced food items is objectively more fun than cruising down grocery store aisles, there are even more benefits to eating local than you might realize. Scroll through the slideshow to discover seven important benefits that come with eating foods produced close to home.
It’s better for the environment.
Remember how we said that most of the items in your grocery store came from faraway places? It takes a lot of work and resources to get those products from one side of the country (or world) to the other. In addition to less pollution and fewer emissions required to haul the goods all over the globe, your local farmers are much less likely to wrap their products in plastic. Grab a cotton tote or two on your way out the door and you can give yourself another pat on the back for avoiding unnecessary waste.