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2.3.2 Local food

It is good to know what food
provinces mean. “Where the
food comes from, i.e. where it
Local food is also healthy food and good for the environment - it doesn’t
is grown, raised, reared.”
require long, food quality-weakening transportation and therefore reduces
the carbon footprint. However, that’s not always accurate, because food
Local food and the growing demand for it provide many different opportunities transport is the minor impact in the food system. The concept supporting
Many customers are demanding a local or regional food in the restaurants’ local food is good for local social and economic benefit.
Menus. It means that it’s important that restaurateurs will inform the customers (Baldwin 2016, 180-181.)
from which provinces the food comes from.
(Foskett 2016, 147.)
Photo: On the left olive oil degustation - on the right Fatamorgana ice cream laboratory, Photo: Visit to Latteria del Curatino, Rome by Galileo 2017.
Rome by Galileo 2017.

Local food means shorter distance of provinces or community, state or region.
Eating locally can be beneficial for both the environment and your health. Eating
local means supporting local farmers and producers. By buying locally grown
food you’ll be strengthening your community by investing in it (economy) as well
as the local food culture.
(Baldwin 2016, 180-181.)

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