Buying Locally Grown, Eating organic fruits and vegetables is one way to help our planet since it does not involve spraying harmful pesticides and herbicides into the environment. , However, there are many people who say that eating organic isn’t enough, and that it’s more important to eat locally grown fruits and vegetables. , The organic produce that you find in your grocery store is often shipped halfway around the world. , This means that it is both creating air pollution, and that it’s a few days old by the time it gets to the store. , Locally grown produce is better because it does not contribute to pollution. , Also it’s the freshest possible, so you get the full amount of its vitamins and nutrients., Community Supported Agriculture (CSA):, One way to get locally grown produce is to become a member of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). , A CSA is of a group of individual people who promise to support a farm. , This way, the farmland becomes the community’s farm, with both the farmers and the consumers sharing benefits and risks. , Community Supported Agriculture began in the early 1960s in Europe and Japan as an answer to concerns about food safety and the urbanization of farm land. , Over the last 20 years in the U.S., CSAs have become a popular way for people to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer., How a CSA works:, A farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. , The share is usually made up of a bag of vegetables. , People who are interested in becoming members buy a share before the farming season begins. , Then, once the season begins, they get a box of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season (usually about 20 weeks long). , This arrangement creates many advantages for the farmers and the consumers., Advantages for farmers, • They get to spend time selling the food early in the year when they aren’t as busy., • They get paid early in the season, which helps with the farm’s cash flow., • They have an opportunity to get to know the people who eat the food they grow., Advantages for consumers, • They get to eat the freshest produce possible., • They get to learn about new vegetables and new ways of cooking., • They get to know the farmer who grows their food and learn more about how food is grown., • They are contributing to the locally grown movement, thus not creating more pollution by having food shipped..

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