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So I was watching the news last night and they had a huge segment about the rising cost of food and other goods due to the rising price of gas. As I am sure everyone is aware that prices of everything are going up, they didn't mention what can be done to stop or slow it. I have an idea- BUY LOCALLY!!!!
Sounds like a no brainer, but they never mentioned it. It cost money to ship things long distances. It is going to cost a lot more to bring an apple from California to Nebraska than an apple from Nebraska to Nebraska Buying locally and in season could save tons of money in transportation costs (which is why the price of our groceries have gone up).
I try to buy locally whenever I can. It is actually cheaper now than to go to the grocery store. I was at Whole Foods and saw that a dozen organic eggs were over $3 a carton and up to $5. Even Walmart's eggs are almost $3 a dozen. Well, I can get eggs from my local food co-op (which happens to be 2 blocks from my house) for $2.50 a dozen and they are even free-range and hormone free as well. They come from a local farm just 25 miles from Omaha. The eggs from Whole Foods came from Texas. That means everything is fresher,too!
Even here in Omaha, Nebraska I can find almost everything I need from a local producer (food wise). I don't even have to wait for the farmers markets in the summer. The Nebraska Food Coop offers all sorts of thing all year long from farmers within 100 miles of me. I can even find milk, cheese, yogurt and butter from local dairies at major grocery chains. I do not know how other states work, but I have no doubt that anyone can find things locally regardless of where they live. They just have to look. It has even come about that local (and even organic) is no longer more costly, it has actually become cheaper than going to the grocery store.
My tip for the economists and environmentalists around the country-encourage buying locally, then nobody has to waste gas and money transporting something from another country or state that is already available only a few miles away.
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