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.
Local food promotes tourism.
We already pointed out that buying local food helps build up your regional economy, but it can also create a snowball effect that brings visitors into the community to experience everything your neighborhood has to offer. Farmers markets, farm tours, U-pick experiences and farm stays are all becoming increasingly popular in the agritourism sector and can help stimulate your local economy even more.
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