LOCAL OR INDUSTRIAL?

BENEFITS OF BUYING LOCAL

• Helps improve local economy
• Food doesn’t lose nutritionists from traveling cross-country, or internationally
• Not getting genetically modified (perfect food), but instead maybe getting the more natural “ugly” fruits and vegetables.

DAIRY, BEEF, AND EGGS

• Imperfect eggs, taste is much better fresh.
• Cheeses are hand-crafted to taste much better. (CabotCheese,Shelburne Farms)
• Beef is usually leaner, because of a grass fed diet.
• Beef is a natural color, and is better than you, because there is no additives, preservatives, or dyes in natural beef (Boyden Farm)

INDUSTRIAL

• Thousands of chickens huddled together in one room
• Animals given growth boosters to grow in days or weeks to full size
• Animals inhumanely slaughtered for convenience and speed

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• “Ten Reasons to Buy Local Food.” University of Vermont, Apr. 2010, www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/buylocal.html.
• “Benefits of Buying Local Food.” Benefits of Buying Local Food | Food | Green Living, www.greenlivingonline.com/article/benefits-buying-local-food.