Buying locally produced fruit and vegetables

• Fresher
• Fewer food miles
• Reduced Carbon foot print
• Less energy used in transporting
• Supports farmers

Food miles- The distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer.

Carbon foot print- The green house emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat.

• There may not be as much choice
• Some people do not like their food being different sizes
• It is sometimes more expensive