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Summary: == Context == For whatever reason, be it to [[Save the Environment]] or [[Buy Local]], you want to eat locally grown food. == Process == * . . .
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< * If you go to [[Big Box Stores]], look at the [[labelling]]. All [[food]] is marked with where it comes from -- sort of. [[raw|Raw]] [[ingredient]] [[label|labelling]] is [[Be accurate|accurate]], but for [[Give Examples|example]], a [[frozen]] [[dinner]] can say ''[[Make things|Made]] In [[Canada (Country)|Canada]]'' but all the [[ingredients]] could come from [[China (country)|China]].
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< * there are other ways to do it. Also, this will make things more expensive, so be prepared to [[Absorb The Loss|absorb]] the loss.
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> * Look at the labelling. All food is marked with where it comes from -- sort of. Raw ingredient labelling is accurate, but for example, a frozen dinner can say ''Made In Canada' but all the ingredients could come from China.
Context
For whatever reason, be it to [[Save_the_Environment?]] or Buy Local, you want to eat locally grown food.
Process
- Use a Seasonal Menu so that you usually cook with local ingredients that are [[in_season?]].
- It's very easy to do this if you get a weekly local organic [[grocery_food_box?]] and [[recipes?]] from the extremely cute Geordi.
- Buy your food at a [[Farmers_Market?]] in your area. Even there, [[check_the_labels?]] or ask to find out where the food [[Where_Did_It_Come_From?|came from]], because lots of the stalls in the Farmer's Market [[redistribute?]] stuff "[[from_away?]]" and the [[shipping?]] is a far greater fraction of the price you pay, than what the [[Farmers?|farmer]] got.
- [[Grow_Your_Own?]] food. Even in the [[city?]], you can do this on any scale, from a sunny [[back_yard?]] full of [[Grow_Potatoes?|potato]] and [[Grow_Tomatoes?|tomato]] plants, to a [[windowbox?]] full of [[Grow_Herbs?|herbs]]. Parsley, rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint, and chives are good first choices. After doing it for a while you should examine the [[DIY_Efficiency?]].
- Look at the labelling. All food is marked with where it comes from -- sort of. Raw ingredient labelling is accurate, but for example, a frozen dinner can say Made In Canada' but all the ingredients could come from China.
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