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Local food is better!

produce-single-vegeEating local food has many benefits over food sourced from distant places. These include:

  • The food is fresher, which is important as nutrients in food decline with age
  • Lower food miles and a smaller impact on climate change as a result of miminal transportation (see a map of our farm locations)
  • Less packaging is used as the distances transported are smaller
  • Small independent farms, hobby farmers and community and home gardeners can also have access to the market 
  • Money is kept circulating in the local economy
  • Farmers who have a strong local market for their products are more likely to continue farming in your area, which counters the enormous pressure for them to develop their land for other uses
  • Locally grown produce enhances food security
  • You have a connection to the people who have grown your food
  • You can appreciate the variety and delights of eating with the seasons