Some Advantages of Buying Local

Environment Benefits:

• Products do not have to travel a long distance, resulting in less fossil fuel consumption and less Carbon Dioxide being released into the atmosphere.
• Less packaging is required for transportation.
• Smaller, family run farms tend to be good stewards of their land and work hard to preserve their land.

Better Taste and Higher Quality:

• Food is fresher when it arrives at the market!  It has not been sitting on a truck or in a warehouse for days.
• Growers will select the varieties of produce based on quality and taste, not on shelf-life.
• More choices are available such as organic or natural products.

Benefits to your Surrounding Area:

• By supporting local farmers, you are helping maintain family and small scale farms.
• Jobs are kept within your local economy.
• Farmers are able to continue farming our valuable farm land, protecting it from being sold for development.
  
• There are fewer middlemen in the process.  The consumer is able to find out where their food is coming from and how it was grown.  You are able to ask questions!