Jídlo s původem - Víte co jíte?

Místní ovoce a zelenina mají více času na to dozrát. Because the produce will be handled less, locally grown fruit does not have to be "rugged" or to stand up to the rigors of shipping.  This means that you are going to be getting peaches so ripe that they fall apart as you eat them, figs that would have been smashed to bits if they were sold using traditional methods, and melons that were allowed to ripen until the last possible minute on the vine.

Jíst lokální znamená více pro čistotu ovsduší a znečištění. In a March 2005 study by the journal Food Policy, it was found that the miles that organic food often travels to our plate creates environmental damage that outweighs the benefit of buying organic. (reference)

Kupování lokálního jídla nás vede přirozeně ročním cyklem přírody.  By eating with the seasons, we are eating foods when they are at their peak taste, are the most abundant, and the least expensive.

Nakupování lokálního jídla je skvělý pocit a větší radost z jídla. Whether it's the farmer who brings local apples to market or the baker who makes local bread, knowing part of the story about your food is such a powerful part of enjoying a meal. 

Jíst lokálně Vás ochrání od bio-terorismu :-)  Food with less distance to travel from farm to plate has less susceptibility to harmful contamination. (reference)

Lokální jídlo umožnuje větší pestrost původních odrůd/variet.  When a farmer is producing food that will not travel a long distance, will have a shorter shelf life, and does not have a high-yield demand, the farmer is free to try small crops of various fruits and vegetables that would probably never make it to a large supermarket.  Supermarkets are interested in selling "Name brand" fruit: Romaine Lettuce, Red Delicious Apples, Russet Potatoes.  Local producers often play with their crops from year to year, trying out Little Gem Lettuce, Senshu Apples, and Chieftain Potatoes.

Podpora místních pomáhá odpovědnému rozvoji krajiny a její ekonomické udržitelnosti. When you buy local, you give those with local open space - farms and pastures - an economic reason to stay open and undeveloped.

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Originally published by Life Begins at 30, August 2005.  Published with permission.