Benefits of buying locally grown food

Here are some benefits to buying locally grown food when you can.

Locally grown food is fresher, usually tastes better, helps your local economy and also supports local family farms. Buying local also helps protect your family’s health and last but not least helps to protect the environment.

Local food suppliers include farmers markets, retail stores, wineries and breweries, restaurants and of course the local farm.

Encouraging farms to continue to operate by supporting them also helps preserve our local landscape and avoid these beautiful properties being snapped up by property developers.

When you order fruits and vegetables that come from far away, they must be
transported and handled for a longer period of time. It is typical that fruits
and vegetables can be on their journey for at least 7-14 days before showing up
on your supermarket shelf. When you buy fresh, it just tastes a lot better
and you avoid quick turning fruit that you have to throw out or worse, end up
getting sick from.

On behalf of all of your local farmers and the environment, take some time to find your local sources of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Kids Nutrition

Kids Nutrition Blog is now online!

I try to help overweight and obese kids learn how to eat right, control portions, and make healthy food choices. Trouble is - unhealthy kids aren't the exception - they are now one out of every 3! Obesity and type 2 diabetes has become an epidemic in the U.S. and elsewhere. Being overweight affects kids' health, self confidence, ability to participate in sports and activities, and can shorten their lifespan. My hope is that this blog will reach people that need and want help to make informed choices and change bad habits into good habits - kids, parents, families, schools, etc.

I will be posting information on nutrition, what to eat, how much to eat, how to read food lables, how to give your traditional recipes a nutritional makeover, help for high cholesterol, help for type 2 diabetes, vitamins and mineral information, natural vs. organic foods, even recipes.

Look for my weekly posts. If I can help any kids or families on the way to better health, the time I spend on this blog will be well worth it.

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