Have you, dear reader, become interested in procuring local food because it’s likely to be fresher than the supermarket counterparts? Not only that, the local food has not been gassed, as many items required in order to make cross-state and country trips. Read this NY Times article regarding air pollution caused by the gassing involved in transporting food.
Or perhaps you heard about some of those studies in Europe that declare no nutritional difference between organically grown crops versus conventional ones? Read this Times of India article for the results of a recent study. However, please also acquaint yourself with some basic information about food’s nutrient content here.
Then again, maybe the thought of eating chemically-laden food, especially in this day and age of cancer, diabetes and other prevalent modern diseases, led you to consider visiting a farmers market. Maybe you liked being able to ask those vendors what day they picked their corn. And what growing practices they use.
The University of North Carolina is also curious about the various factors involved in food intake and farming practices. Beginning in last April, a team of researchers began research with the help of a grant to consider the health impacts to a community when it moves towards a local, sustainable food production.
We’ll all be waiting with fork and shovels poised . . .
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