The argument for eating a local foods diet

I am not a "food expert", just a mom who has a somewhat awakened consciousness about the state of our world, and how my ordinary every day food choices have an impact on the world I share with my children and my neighbors.

Concerns about global warming have sparked a renewed interest in eating locally grown produce instead of produce which is shipped 1,000 miles or more to reach your local grocery store.

As part of my commitment to the New Community Project, I am organizing a food and faith study group at my local church to meet and discuss issues concerning food, diet, and ecology.




The World Watch Institute has some good resources including: Worldwatch Paper #163: Home Grown: The Case For Local Food In A Global Market.

The study sessions our group will study are using the "Simply in Season" cookbook available through the Mennonite Central Committee.

I hope it will be an interesting group which will challenge us to think carefully about our consumption patterns.