|
|
Article: Local Farms: Local farms for local food
- Article from:
- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 24, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Oakland Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
For the next several months, we'll be running a monthly column
from the Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust about our farming and
ranching families and businesses in the East Bay.
THE LOCAL FOOD and farming movement is gaining momentum. Every
day we become more aware of how important local farms are to our
health and our community.
When we eat locally, our food tastes better and is more
nutritious. By shortening the distance our food travels from the
farmers' fields to our plates, we reduce the carbon footprint of our
food and increase the knowledge about the safety of the fruits and
vegetables that we feed our families.
Purchasing locally grown food keeps our food dollars in our own
community ...