What’s a local food system?
Local food systems are networks of local food makers, small batch food businesses, incubators, commercial kitchens, distribution warehouses, grocery markets, farmers, fishermen and the community members that feed a single region.
So?
Local food is just better for everyone and everything. Better food means a healthier life, fewer visits to the doctor, and a cleaner planet. The more people we can reach with local food — food that supports local environment, local economy, the local community and it’s animals — then we can go back to the way things used to be, better!. In fact, we already are:
Eating Fresh
Local food is picked for you, so obviously it arrives fresh. Ripe fruits and vegetables just taste better, since they aren’t harvested young and don’t travel long distances – local produce naturally has more nutrients. Local food is not comprised of ingredients that read like a chemistry textbook. Farm2me’s local meat, eggs, dairy and small batch products come from animals and ranches that give their animals humanly raised lives and feed them natural food — animals that are healthier and better for you.
Local strength
Farmers markets, bakeries, dairy farms, butchers — Local food systems are made up of small batch, family owned businesses that care about the food they make and keeping you healthy, their employees and the community they belong to. Your dollar remains inside the local community. When everyone is looking out for one another, everyone benefits.
The environment
We only have one planet. If we support farmers that grow pesticide free, that use compost soil instead of chemicals and manufactured fertilizer, then we’re caring for our health and the health of the people on the planet. Eating seafood that is wild and sustainably caught from local waterways protects overfishing and reduces waste associated with farmed fishing.
Consumer Transparency
With just a few multinational companies running the agriculture-grocer industry in the world, it is very hard to know who grows or what is added to your food. Building Farm2me, we will create a cooperative corporation with thousands and thousands of brands to consolidate their strength and stand up to the large powers that be. We can and will change the way the world eats. People are asking what is on their kitchen table and we’re working to help you answer that question – no matter where you are. This new food system is more transparent, tells you who grows your food, what they put in it and allows you to contact them if you have any questions. Try it for yourself – email any of our makers!
Remembering the culture in agri-culture
Connecting with local food makers and farms, we’re reminded that we live in a natural world – rely on seasons – and celebrate what these seasons have to offer. Farm2me tries to make eating seasonally and celebrating the “culture” of the land, easier!