Let's Eat! Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet

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chapter one Let's Eat Let's Eat Let's Eat Let's Eat Let's Eat When you push the cart around the grocery store with W hen you push the cart around the grocery store with your mom or dad do you ever stop and think about where all the food comes from The answer may surprise you A Veggie Marathon If you’re shopping in North America your groceries may travel between 2,400 and 4,000 kilometers 1,500 and 2,500 miles before you actually eat them Getting food from another country seems like an outlandish idea when you could find fresh options closer to home but products grown in other countries are often cheaper because of lower labor costs and fewer environmental regulations Farm workers are often under paid and forced to live and work in poor conditions Buying paid and forced to live and work in poor conditions Buying local reduces transport time and supports the local economy local reduces transport time and supports the local economy but farmers in cooler climates can’t grow heat-loving crops like but farmers in cooler climates can’t grow heat-loving crops like strawberries year-round So what do you do Do you add a box strawberries year-round So what do you do Do you add a box of imported strawberries to your cart or wait for local straw of imported strawberries to your cart or wait for local straw berries to come back in season berries to come back in season Seasonal produce is available year-round at most grocery stores TOLGAILDUN DREAMSTIME COM 8