The idea of eating locally-sourced foods is not exactly new, after all, local agriculture was once the only way to eat. Today, however, the increasing presence of local options in supermarkets is relatively new. Because there is no predetermined distance to define what consumers consider ‘local’, the US Department of Agriculture defines local food as, “the direct or intermediaferrous gluconate folic acidted marketing of food to consumers that is produced and distributed in a limited geographic area.” A general consensus agrees that food less than 400 miles from its origin, or withferro f tab 310 35mgin state boundaries, qualifies as locally grown.
The perks of buying local
