- Nov 2015
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Consumers increasingly are seeking out the flavors of fresh, vine-ripened foods grown on local farms rather than those trucked to supermarkets from faraway lands.
American consumers interest in locally grown food is growing.
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Food begins to lose nutrition as soon as it is harvested.
the longer it takes to travel from the time its picked from the soil/root the less nutrition its likely to keep.
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75% of their organic certification costs reimbursed, and some of them can obtain crop insurance.
More funding is being poured in to small time farming for speciality crops. Speciality crop are grown during locavore movements.
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obviously fresher foods that are grown on better soils are going to have more nutrients. But people are not nutrient-deprived.
fresher foods will have a better affect on people due to people not really having that basic material.
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$2.3 billion was set aside this year for specialty crops, such as the eggplants, strawberries, or salad greens that are grown by exactly these small, mostly organic farmers. That’s a big bump-up from the $100 million that was earmarked for such things in the previous legislation.
Funding for speciality crops grown by small time farmers has increased very much from 100 million to 2.3 billion dollars which is due to the widespread idea of locavore movements.
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00-mile diet — even in winter — was almost certainly more nutritious than what the average American was eating. That doesn’t mean it is necessary to eat locally in order to be healthy.
locavore movement is a healty way of eating foods but you dont neccesarily have you eat locally. its all about smart choices.
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Bush has threatened to veto the bill, but it passed with enough votes to sustain an override.
Benefits of locavore movements is catching the Governments attention.
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the number of small farms has increased 20% in the past six years, to 1.2 million, according to the Agriculture Dept. . . .
Farming is starting to become more of an profession.
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