Want to get your whole family excited about eating seasonally? Take a trip to your local farmer’s market!

Use this site to discover markets near you: https://bit.ly/35wN0uf

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Linnette
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From an economic standpoint, selling and shipping produce is both very costly and time consuming for farmers. When not selling their produce locally, farmers receive only $0.20 of each food dollar. The remaining $0.80 per food dollar is spent on transportation, packaging, processing, refrigeration, and marketing.

If you want to do your part in supporting your local agriculture, buy seasonal and local!

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Linnette

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With our limitless options, we’ve been trained to believe that imperfect-looking foods should be passed over. However, like everything else in nature, no living thing is created perfectly—that’s just the polish and sorting groceries stores do to make their product look more visually appealing.

When you see bumps, a little wilting, soft bruising or asymmetry, don’t pass up that piece of produce, just rethink the way you can use it!

Wilted broccoli? As long as it’s not slimy or molding, toss it in a stir fry. Bruised orange? Use its juice for a fresh dressing or marinade!

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Linnette
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Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) is a fantastic way to get your hands on fresh, locally grown produce from small scale farms in your community.

Basically, when you buy a “share,” you’re buying a membership or subscription to a certain amount of fresh produce either weekly or biweekly.

To find a CSA near you, check out this website: https://bit.ly/2XJ5J1H

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Linnette
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Next time you go to the store, look at the labels from your produce and think about how far they’ve traveled to get to you.

For example, avocados from Mexico have to travel thousands of miles to get to the northern United States. Consider this next time you buy—your dollars are your vote for more sustainable food practices in your country’s food system!

Please don't hesitate to ask questions...

With Gratitude
Linnette
#health #nutrition #coaching