LOCAL HARVEST!

http://www.localharvest.org/

This website is for people who enjoy fresh, organic, healthy food that is grown locally. Local Harvest finds family farms, farmers markets, and sustainably grown food in your area. You can order organic fruits, veggies, meats, seeds, herbs and tinctures, dried fruits, nuts, and many other goods.

Farmers who sell direct to local consumers need not give priority to packing, shipping and shelf-life issues and can instead select, grow and harvest crops to ensure peak qualities of freshness, nutrition and taste. Eating local also means eating seasonally, a practice much in tune with Mother Nature.

Local food is much safer as well! The CNAD says,“Even when it’s not organic, small farms tend to be less aggressive than large factory farms about dousing their wares with chemicals. Small farms are also more likely to grow more variety ,protecting biodiversity and preserving a wider agricultural gene pool, an important factor in long-term food security."

Eating local can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions because most produce takes 1,500 miles to get to grocery stores and restaurants. Buying locally produced food eliminates the need for all that fuel-guzzling transportation.