Fresh food

In Maia Filar’s article ‘Eat from your backyard; food grow locally is good for you and Mother Nature” she states that it is environmentally and healthily beneficial to eat local food. The presence of farmers’ markets in various areas makes eating green food an easy matter. For example, an organization named Food Share, located in Toronto, is taking actions to make good food not only available, but also affordable. According to Debbie Field, the executive director of this organization, health is their priority, and then multiculturalism, affordability, and access to local and organic food whenever possible.  Various programs have been established in some Canadian schools with the goal to teach students about eating healthy food. The author argues that producing organic food is both cheap and environmentally sound. Moreover, in an effort to protect the environment, we had better think thoroughly about using biodegradable materials even to carry away our food. Finally, Maia contends that it is a good idea to eat food that tastes good and also available during the year throughout The Greater Toronto Area.

         Eating local foods sounds interesting and advantageous for three reasons. Those reasons include their freshness, their affordability, and their positive impacts on the environment.

When people eat locally, they probably are not exposed to disease because this food is grown naturally with organic fertilizer and it has good flavor. (Robert Knox).says that when you eat locally this means governing your own diet. He also says that shipping long distance food tends to make it mealy and flavorless.

Affordability, when food is grown locally you do not have to worry about the quality because the transportation of this food is less than the one brought from distant places. According to (USA Today, 2007) “Produce travels 1,500 miles on average from far to groceries, and much of the transport is powered by fossil-based fuels, and buys locally grown food, all that energy is saved, and the produce is fresher.

Growing locally also has a positive impact in the environment both economical and physical. Economical because this is going to open the opportunity to create new jobs and physical because the ways that people grow food is not going to affect the environment. All the fertilizer for this purpose would be organic. That is to say, from the same nature.

To conclude I think that growing locally is an alternative for having fresh food all the time without the risk to affect or pollute the environment. In addition I also think that it is very important to teach the generation about the benefits of growing locally.

 

References

Filar, M. (2008, October 22) Eat from your backyard; Food grown locally is good for you and Mother Nature. The Toronto Sun. retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database.

Knox. R.  Families commit to fresh approach. The Globe News. pg 1. Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database

Prince, R. (2007 October 6). Shop local. The best of regional British food. The Daily Telegram London.section; weekend; food and drink; Pg 9. Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database

Severson, K.   Getting that locally grown flavor with fuss but not muss. National Desk; p 1 Section A Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database.

Vallis, M. (2008, January 03). Cashing in on local crops. News, in Meaford, Ont; p 1A Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database

Velders, C (2007 July02). Supermarkets go local, capturing Romance of freshness.  Supermarket News. p.  2 Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis database