[OKC] Eating local is a community service - in today's Oklahoman

[Shauna Struby]

Eating local is a community service

Oklahoma City food columnist Sherrel Jones examines the different ways
people can find locally grown foods.

By Sherrel Jones 

Oklahoman    

Published: May 18, 2011

 

Ask me today how to get locally grown Oklahoma food, and I could talk enough
to equal one of our recent windstorms.

More Info

 

Local is a concept worth growing for plenty of reasons.

 

First is flavor. If you ever have enjoyed freshly harvested arugula,
asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, peas, new potatoes, onions or
spinach, you know what a difference it makes.

 

Secondary reasons are many, but supporting the "Know your farmer, know your
food" movement helps assure quality you can trust.

 

Buying produce that only had a short distance to travel has plenty to do
with how fresh food is when it arrives in your kitchen. Food that has
traveled 1,500 miles and sat in storage for days, weeks or even months
before traveling to your local grocer is not the same as that picked from a
farm nearby.

 

Less travel for your food means less fuel, meaning less dependence on
foreign oil, which means extra money to spend on locally grown food.

 

Full story here :::
http://newsok.com/eating-local-is-a-community-service/article/3568552 

 

Shauna Lawyer Struby

imagine, innovate, collaborate, transition

Co-chair, Transition OKC

Past-president, Sustainable OKC

www.goinglocalokc.org <http://www.goinglocalokc.org/> 

www.sustainableokc.org <http://www.sustainableokc.org/>  

Fresh Greens blog <http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> 

 

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