 TIPS:
• Support the local economy by hiring
local workers.
• Prefer the purchase of locally
produced items. Buy food produced, grown,
or raised as close to your home as possible.
• Support and participate in communitarian
arts fairs, farmers markets and festivities.
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• Distribute information promoting
cultural and seasonal events in your community.
• Take the opportunity of local events
to offer especial packages and discounts.
• Become active in local environmental
groups and associations such as beach clean
up, Chamber of Commerce, Business Bureau,
and historical societies.
• Inform your costumers about the
history of your facility and it's relationship
to the community.
Think Global, Buy Local”:
As a result of industrialization most of
the food we eat is mass produced by a system
that is economically profitable for some
but harmful to the environment. it is now
grown and processed in fewer locations implying
that it has to travel further to reach the
average consumer. The food miles for items
you buy in the typical supermarket or grocery
store, is estimated to be 27 times higher
than the food miles for goods bought from
local markets.
Transporting goods for long distances
requires a tremendous amount of fossil
fuel consumption. It also requires the
use of refrigeration and preservation.
These techniques have impacted both the
environment and the health of the consumers.
In addition, mass production processing
utilizes excessive non-recyclable packaging
that ends up in landfills all over the
world.
The solution is food that is transported
short distances making it fresher, safer
and much more earth friendly. Buying locally
offers the benefit of obtaining food when
it’s at its prime - for a happier
healthier lifestyle.
TIPS:
_ Buy your fruits and vegetables in season.
_
Find
what is fresh near you.
_ Buy in a local farmer or a farmers
market
_
Find
a local farmer or a farmers market near
you.
_Jo in a Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) group and get a farm share.
_
Find
a CSA Farm.
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