1. By: Rachel Claire Truesdale
Locally grown food
By: Rachel Claire Truesdale

2. introduction...
You may be wondering what locally grown food is. Locally grown food is food that is grown near you in a 1OO mile radius. I want people to be regenerate or appreciate locally grown food farmers because they put a lot of work into their farms like Ms.Thatcher who gave me a lot of this great information. Locally grown food farms are not the kind of farms that are big and you see on commercials but they are small and singular. Locally grown food farms are not loud but very placid. Also Locally grown food is not pallor but quite colorful and vivid.

3. Did you know…..
Locally grown food is food that is grown near you or in your community.
Locally grown food tastes better because it has more qualities of freshness, nutrients and taste.
Locally grown food reduces global warming by reducing fuel costs.

4. DId you Know…. Eating locally grown food is better for your health.
Local means occurring to a particular area, city, or town.
ASAP has organized a farm tour on June 25 to 26. It is a great way to see different crops, animals, cheese making… and meet farmers!! There will also be a prodigious amount of people.
Customers of local farmers can ask not to use certain fertilisers on their farm’s

5. How is locally grown food helping the environment???
Locally grown food supports a clean environment and benefits wildlife
Locally grown food is reducing global warming
Reduces a significant reduction in transporting food

6. How is locally grown food impacting humans???
Local food allows communities to make their own decisions about their food supply.
Local food helps the environment by reducing a significant reduction in long distance transport.
Local food is grown by you by people you may know.
Eating locally helps the economy

7. Is organic the same as local???NO
local is not organic and organic is not local
They are 2 completely different things
Local Organic
Occurring to a particular area, city, or town.
Located nearby where you live
Abjective
Grown without artificial chemicals
Abjective

8. THe eat local challenge
The Oregon's EcoTrust in Portland has just started a campaign, the eat local challenge. The eat local challenge encourages people to eat locally for a week
so they can see the taste benefits of eating locally grown food. Participants must spend 10% of their grocery budget on locally grown food in a 1OO mile radius. In addition, they are to try one new fruit or vegetable each day, and to preserve some food for later in the year. I hope I have convinced you to eat locally grown food and to try the eat local challenge. :-)

9. The food pyramid
This is the vegetable group that can be eaten locally.
This is the fruit group that can be eaten locally grown.
I hope can take the fruit group and the vegetable group and eat them locally.

10. Questions??

11. Resources!! http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/38431