In the United States food typically travels between 1,500-2,500 miles from the farm to our kitchen tables. The amount of energy used for transporting the global food is tremendous. Buying locally grown food is one way we can reduce our individual ecological footprints.
Buying local is also an investment in your local economy and supports the livlihoods of local farmers. A recent study in Maine shows that by shifting just 1% of your consumption to local food products farmers' income would increase by 5%. Sign up for the challenge on foodroutes.org to purchase $10 of local produce each week. Take this step today to reduce the amount of energy that is used to supply the food you eat.
What if your grocery stores and restaurants don't label the origin of their produce? Tell them you care where your food comes from. Sustainabletable.org has an I Care Calling Card you can download and print to submit to local vendors telling them you want them to lable where their produce comes from so you can make more informed choices.
Other Resources:
Richard Heinberg's article What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out? details the energy involved in industrial food production.
Hello Wendy,
These mail is specially to inform you that I had changed my web domain name call as
Ladakhecologicalfootprint.com into ecologicalfootprint.in.
So please just put now www.ecologicalfootprint.in which is much easier for all the clients.
Thanks a lot
Stanzin odzer
Programme coordinator
Ecological Footprint Travel
Ladakh - India
Posted by: Stanzin from Ladakh | February 26, 2009 at 03:36 AM
well i set website regarding trekking for ladakh.
its mainly focussing on how tourist can put a less
footprint on ladakh enviroment.
stanzin
director .
Posted by: stanzin odzer | December 15, 2006 at 11:28 PM
well i set website regarding trekking for ladakh.
its mainly focussing on how tourist can put a less
footprint on ladakh enviroment.
stanzin
director .
Posted by: stanzin odzer | December 15, 2006 at 11:28 PM