On average, our food travels approximately 1,500 miles to get from the farm to your fork. During that long distance you lose essential vitamins contained in your produce, contribute to the mounting levels of greenhouse gases, and increase the use of plastic packaging methods that are maintained to keep the food you are transporting from spoiling.
Instead of going to your local grocery store to purchase that apple, try going to your local farmer's market or Community Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) program. You are not only going to be contributing to the livelihood of local farmers but will more than likely be eating foods that are in season and eating foods that have not lost most of its vital nutrients during that voyage from the farm in Costa Rica to your table.
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