- Support for the local economy: By supporting an urban farmer, you are committing your food dollars to our local agriculture sector.
- Support for local farms: It is tough for local small farmers to compete with the convenience of a supermarket. When you buy vegetables from an urban farmer you can help to reverse this trend.
- Reduced 'food miles': The average ingredient on North America's dinner plate has traveled 1500 miles. Urban farmers grow food at the consumers' back door, reducing the impacts of 'food miles', such as greenhouse gas emissions.
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