by UrMessage

Created on: March 21, 2009

There are several benefits from eating locally grown organic food, we just need to define what the breadth of the work locally means to get a greater picture. I would classify food in three categories regarding location: local, national (i.e. within the United States of America), and foreign (i.e. South America, China, etc.).

Buy purchasing locally grown food you are keeping your local economy alive. Sales revenue will stay within your city, the local farmers and families that make a living within that industry are supported, and the money then is more likely to spent back within that sector. Therefore there is a cycle effect on the economy and during this current crisis keeping your neighbors employed helps everyone out.

Also, smaller farms work harder to keep their crops and livestock alive without costly pesticides and drugs. This means healther and cleaner food for us all. Smaller farms also have more employees on a gross sales basis than large firms that find ways to use more expensive machinery to save a few bucks.

Next is buying nationally. Buy purchasing fruit, vegetables or food that is produced nationally you are also supporting the country. There are more stringent FDA policies in the US than any where else in the world. This means that your chances of getting a diesease or illness from food made within the United States of America is much lower compared to purchasing food grown locally.

Now the down side is that purchasing from National food companies doesn't remove the risk. As we have seen in the news and media, people are dying and getting sick off of national food products such as peanut butter and spinach.

However when you compare one death to the several millions to hundreds of millions of people who eat the food, it is very rare. But even so, buying food that is locally grown from smaller farms is safer and better for your micro economy.

Purchasing food from Overseas is very risky. I have never heard of one product coming overseas (fresh or not) that is free of issues. Toothpaste, candy, formula, and more. Killing and causing millions in health care costs all to save a few pennies.

In addition to the health and other costs by purchasing food that comes from outside of the United States of America, money is leaving too. This means that the money you earned will go to say China, the profits and money will then most likely not return to America and this is not the best policy for beefing up a struggling economy.

Buying locally produced food is key to

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