[Infographic] Making The Case For Buying Local

@TexansVsHunger: I believe people would be more prone to have more connections with farmers if their food came from within their community. Perhaps the farmer’s kids will go to school with your kids, or maybe you will supply some material to its farm, or live next to it. If so, there is probability to interact outside of the farmer’s market is higher, hopefully it’s positive interaction which could translate to tending the environment around your neighbors as well as possible to prevent contamination from the fields to the parks, creeks, etc. And I don’t mean “just barely” meeting the environmental standards, but going above and beyond to perhaps what is best for your immediate community.

Also, when thinking about comparing local vs non-local, it is important to note the differences amongst different types of growing techniques. Your food could be local but coming from a feedlot which more likely than not, it’s detrimental to the environment and the smell would probably really bother your neighbors. Your food could also come from a permaculture/biodynamic farm from the other side of the country and be really good to its immediate community, but would have to travel a lot to your plate–high embodied transportation energy.

This infograph is not only addressing location but also the size and ownership of farms.