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Sun, 01 Oct 2006

Why Eating Locally Grown Food Is Good For You And Good For The Environment

The many environmental, personal, and economic advantages of eating locally grown food are explained in this weeks's Earth Talk - a weekly free newsletter from the Editors of E-Magazine, on a wide range of environmental topics.

"In our modern age of food preservatives and additives, genetically altered crops and E. coli outbreaks, as with the recent spinach debacle, people are increasingly concerned about the quality and cleanliness of the foods they eat. Given the impossibility of identifying the pesticides used and the route taken to grow and transport, say, a banana from Central America to our local supermarket, foods grown locally make a lot of sense for those who want more control over what they put into their bodies."

Read the rest of 'Eating Locally Grown Foods', from Earth Talk


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