Did you know that the average bite of food we eat travels 2000 miles?
This is the sort of stuff you learn while listening to the radio and doing Christmas cards. I quickly jotted down this interesting fact.
I thought that you might find this fact interesting as well. How far is Peru? That’s where the bananas I purchased yesterday came from. What I do remember Bill McKibben saying, is that it’s only in recent times that people are accustomed to eating food from such a distance. The current popularity of Farmer’s Markets explains our desire to eat food that doesn’t have to have a passport to get here and that is seasonal. It’s also nice to know who produced it. Eating locally means what we eat is fresher, costs less to transport and impacts less on the environment. Interesting. Now you’ve had your ‘learn something new everyday’ moment.
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