• Preparedness for National Disaster/Fuel Crisis • Local produce taste better • Local produce is better for you • Promotes produce diversity • Is GMO free • Helps to build community • Good for local economy/supports local farmers • Beneficial for the environment 11 What are the challenges to local food in Vermont? • Diet adjustments would be needed • Production diversity is lacking • Lack of processing and storage facilities • Cheaper to import foods from agribusiness farms 16 What is currently being done to
We will use only the freshest products without unnecessary additives in our products. We will donate stock in good condition to local shelters. We will provide the best service and information to customers, and we will be friendly while providing help. We will be the best choice for high quality foods and wines for our customers. Environmental
Finally, they print on recycled paper and use soy inks. Conclusion Whole foods Market’s use Employees, Community and the environment as part of their sustainable future. The Employees are encouraged to be creative and make individual choices. The communities are benefiting by the Whole Foods Markets way of doing things. The environment is better because they do business by using resources and materials that will not ruin the planets ecosystem.
While driving through my grandmother’s quiet town of Bloomfield, you might encounter a quiet yet thriving farmer’s market on the outskirts of town. Weekly, farmers bring their crops to be sold to local buyers. Here is the locavore movement, intrinsically linked not only to a close knit quiet town, but also to issues of nutrition, sustainability, and economics. Locally grown food is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint while enjoying tastier, healthier food at a lower cost. The nutritional value of food grown locally is far superior to that of alien products with many food miles to them (items shipped over oceans, countries, and borders).
Sustainability is based on a simple principle that everything we need for our survival and well-being depends on our natural environment. Sustainability is important to ensure the possession of water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment. Sustainable agriculture is the production of food that protects the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. The farmers of Old Hawaii had a vision and knowledge of ecological/sustainable agriculture and from the moment people first landed in the Hawaiian islands until the 1930’s Hawaii was completely food self-sufficient. Today, our food and agriculture system is not sustainable, and can be greatly improved with the help of the whole community.
They try to gain our consideration by emphasizing that as good neighbors they care about the environment by being “Green”. This means they maximize the natural light, use LED lighting and use recycled materials because it is good for our planet. Good for our neighborhood and good for our budget. In their website Tim Mason, who is the CEO of fresh & easy says, “We are trying to set global example by measuring and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, helping to stimulate the development of low carbon technology and by empowering consumers by providing them with choice, value and information”. By using this quote, fresh & easy is playing with our wishes of having a better place to live and to leave for future generations.
The food irradiated do not changed it is nutritional value and don’t become dangerous as a result of irradiation. In fact, the changes are so minimal to determine whether or not a food has been irradiated. Food irradiation can be an important tool in the war against illness and death from foodborne diseases . Also, irradiation is a process of ionizing energy that offers many benefits to consumers, retailers and food manufacturers because it contributed to improvements in both quality and quantity of the food supply. How it helps to improve is by informing them that the products they are selling in well tested.
Our goal is to foster a business that benefits both ranchers and consumers. RFD's processing and distribution systems assures incomparable quality, wholesomeness, eating satisfaction, and a mutually rewarding relationship of trust and responsibility between the rancher and you the customer.” Ranch Foods Direct’s “Pledge & Purpose” shows how devoted they are to ethical eating and support of local ranchers: We believe food should be good — and good for you. We believe food is a sacred gift. We believe our health and well-being is best served with whole foods, minimally processed, free of chemicals and artificial preservatives. We believe quantity should not come at the expense of
Foods that are grown organically have shown to be beneficial for our bodies and are not combined with chemicals which dilute their effectiveness. Nature is a way of life, something that is not to be manipulated or changed. Organic farmers are an excellent example of people who decided to work with nature, rather than against it. Purchasing food that is grown locally and without the use of GMOs, we can preserve the business/es that still choose to grow their food the natural way while also increasing our lifespan and overall
Loren Marino Independent Study 17 December, 2009 Italian Movement Slow food is the belief in the fundamental rights of everyone not simply enjoying the pleasures of food but the heritage from which they come from. The culture and tradition of ages of techniques, taste, and flavor which all accumulate and allow for these possibilities. Slow food is not just a means of cooking though but also a means of good, clean food, organic food. Food that is not genetically tampered with or obtained through animal cruelty, but humanly; where we get good food for a fair price and the producers receive their fair share. It includes a way of culture, a way of eating for personal enjoyment, our environment, our agriculture, and protecting our heritages as well as the consumers themselves.