Why buy Local Produce? By buying locally sourced produce,
everyone, not just farmers and landowners, can contribute to
ensuring that a well-managed countryside benefits wildlife and
the environment. There are lots of good reasons to buy locally
produced goods including: It supports your local economy -
Buying local produce can directly support local businesses,
sustain local employment and keep money in the local economy by
cutting out the middleman. - Small scale producers are often
struggling to compete with large supermarket chains - Personal
contact with a local producer can give you a real understanding
of how something is grown or processed It reduces food miles -
‘Food miles’ is the distance food has travelled from where it is
produced to where it is purchased, and then onto where it is
consumed. - Food distribution by road freight is the fastest
growing transport sector and is a major contributor to air
pollution – it takes 68 calories of air fuel to transport one
calorie of carrot into Northern Irela