Enrique Gili is a freelance writer covering Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (Fred Berman has a new found appreciation for eating locally. He's seeing that awareness in his job of the past 16 months as Small Farms Program coordinator for the Washington State Department of Agriculture. As "farmbudsman," he's working to develop markets for local farmers, awarding grants and trying to make it easier in general to eat something grown here instead of there, especially when "there" is thousands of miles away.
The reasons for eating local offered by both Berman and the more recent advocates are many: Cutting down on the fuel used to transport food could help slow global warming, and a local food system makes it easier to police for food safety, puts more money into the local economy and fresher, better-tasting food in your mouth. ( Seattle Times)
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