Eat Locally

In this article ”Digging into local fare; Verities chef helps good things grow—then he cooks ‘em,” the writer talks about a good chef who he supports local foods. He thinks that we should get food from our own farm or buy it from another farm to get healthy food. Also, he thinks that if we care about our education, we should also care about our food. He mentions that he doesn’t say that just to get healthy food but also we can freeze it and make jam or pickles. Long, who is a chef, suggest that we should looking for the food value, where our food grows and how to be sure our food doesn’t have any chemical substances.

Did you feel angry or frustrated when you bought vegetables or fruits from a grocery store and you can’t use them, because they were old or chilled for a long time? You probably lost a lot of your money. Now that is over. You can have your favorite fruits and vegetables, take care of them until they grow up and enjoy them when you eat. Otherwise, you can buy them from any farm, which are cheaper than what the store has. I think getting fare in these ways has many benefits. For example, you will eat healthy food with less chemical substances, save your money and keep extra food to use it any time.

The last several years, news and people have talked a lot about organic and chemical food. Of course, we need organic food, which is healthier, and has good taste. You will find that just on the farm. And you can protect yourself and your family from chemical’s bad effects.

Eating local food will help us save money, because most of our money will go if we buy food then we find it not fresh or have a bad taste. So, when we keep it in our refrigerator, it will rot fast. For that, if you want get food which is fresh, has a good look, and a good smell, stays for a long time and is cheap, you should get it from a farm. Farmers always sell their products at low prices because they don’t have a store and they never need a refrigerator to keep food in it.

People who have farms usually have extra food. So, they make it in different ways to stay for long time, for example, jam or pickles. Also, they freeze it. It is easy to do that and you will find food anytime when you need it. Also, when you make it to stay for long time, you know how you make it and you will be sure that there isn’t any kind of chemicals inside it.

In conclusion, making your own food from your own farm has good benefits for you and your family. You will be sure that you eat healthy food with less chemical substances, it is cheaper and you can keep extra food for a long time. So, you will have a different kind of good food and your money. I think if you try this way, you will never go back to buying bad food from any store.

References:
Larose, L (2009,January. 7) Digging into local fare; Verities chef helps good things grow—then he cook’ em. Inter Press Service, Retrieved May 28, 2009, from ttp://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T6686772747