The Value of Buying Local?

Do you know where your food comes from? Are you a conscious shopper or do you just head straight for the cheapest items on the supermarket shelves? This could be a deadly practice.
I think the time has come when we should start thinking and acting in a more responsible manner when it comes to buying foods that are expected to nourish our bodies and souls.

The research is abundant out their on the importance of eating foods grown in the area where you live. These are the foods that will most support our health. People should eat food grown nearest to them to get the full benefits of the particular nutrients that your body needs.

I support buy local, I support supporting our local farmers who are trying to make a living for their families and providing us with healthy alternatives to the junk - salt laced, fat-laced and more ingredients that the letters in the alphabet junk they present to us as food. I urge you to spend a few extra dollars and support your local farming industry - we will all benefit. We will benefit by having more nutritious foods, we will eventually save because we would not have to eat as much to feel full when we eat solid food and it would keep us slimmer and trimmer and healthier. Check out what Marketplace found in their investigative report and be angry about it and do something about it:


CBC.ca - Marketplace - It says 'Product of Canada' on the package, but the food is really from China. Or New Zealand. Or...