Locavore movements have many upsides despite society's negative look on them; the movements are great for the community, the food is more healthy, and the environment as a whole.
Overall Locavore movements are great for the Agriculture community. When you buy local it gives the local farmers an economic reason to stay open instead of selling out. When you buy from a local vendor, the money you spent stays right in your community. It does not go to a corperate office somewhere far away. ”After declining for more than a century, the number of small farms has increased 20% in the past six years, to 1.2 million, according to the agricultural department." Source D.The agriculture business means a lot to a community, it supplies food and many more…show more content… Society knows it’s important to eat healthy but can’t seem stop eating their Quick serive restraunts like Mcdonalds, buying processed food from walmart, and not caring if there food to be as fresh as it should be. "locally grown produce is fresher. While produce that is purchased in the supermarket or a big-box store has been in transit or cold–stored for days or weeks, produce that you purchase at your local farmers market has often been picked within 24 hours of your purchase. This freshness not only affects the taste of your food, but the nutritional value which declines with time.” source A. it's not hard to tell the difference in fresh-picked, ripened on the tree fruits and those that ripened in a packing house or shelf. They look better, taste better, and have more nutritional value. Some types of produce, such as oranges, are actually picked green then gassed to make them ripen. Fresher foods grown in better soil have more nutrients. When a food doesn't reach its peak ripeness, it's vitamins, minerals, and other disease-fighting substances don't get as…show more content… Consuming food locally grown reduces transportation costs and restores land that has been destroyed by growing only one type of crop. because long-distance food shipments promote excessive fuel use and the exploitation of cheap labor (which compensates for the excess fuels use), shifting back to a more locally sourced food economy is a way to cut outside costs, restore some measure of equity between producers and consumers, and put the food economy on more sustainable ground. According to the UK-based International Society for Ecology and Culture, "Such a shift would bring back diversity to land that has been all but destroyed by chemical–intensive mono–cropping”. Source E. consuming food produced within a local radius ensures less transportation cost, monetarily and to the environment. When farmers can count on local consumers buying different crops throughout the year they can rotate crops, which is better for the
