how close to your food source are you ?

[Shoggoth2588]

There's a Dollar General about...2 miles away from where I live and if you don't know what it is, Dollar General is like a shitty little convenience store with a fraction of a K-Mart stapled onto it. It's the kind of place where I wouldn't want to really go...if I want actual food...well if I want FAST food there's a handful of places (McDonald's, Bojangles, Wendy's, Taco-Bell...) about 10 miles away from where I live. As for an honest to goodness grocery store, the closest is about 15 miles away because I live in the middle of butt-hump nowhere. I miss being able to walk to a 7-11, what's more I miss living in a state that has 7-11's...Quick Trip is OK but it's not 7-11.

 

[twistedmic]

I live within a mile of three grocery stores, two gas station convenience stores, seven or eight fast food places, two pizza places and a handful of restaurants (if you consider Hooters and Twin Peaks actual restaurants).

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

My local soil isn't good for growing most things.
The local bodies of water are too polluted for me to eat anything caught from them.

"local" farmer's market is a good 50 minute drive away.

Needless to say I get my food from one of the local supermarkets, and they get it from all over the world.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I don't live anywhere near my food sources, but my city has been hosting a Farmer's Market consisting of farmer cultivated freshness and small business ventures, so luckily, my food sources are coming to me (or at least my hometown).

I mostly just buy peanuts, fruits, veggies, and occasionally something exotic (pita bread and hummus was my previous purchase).

Though now I'm tempted to try some farm fresh eggs, thank you Disco Biscuit.

 

[Kyrian007]

I live in Kansas. I live minutes away from bread, anything with corn in it. Anything with soybean in it. Cows, cattle, sheep, alpaca, sunflower... it's just a plus (along with many minuses) of living in the US's breadbasket.

but living near where food is produced doesnt mean that you are eating locally produced food.

we produce strawberries in quebec. a lot. of course, off season, we eat imported strawberries. but they import strawberries all year long from california. right now, if i go to the grocery store, i can buy strawberries from california, and strawberries from Quebec, for pretty much the same price...

Well, yeah. But in many instances it does. I don't eat locally produced fruits and vegetables of many varieties. Mostly because things like lettuce aren't really grown much here. Orchards and vineyards are fairly rare as well (although gaining in popularity.) But for the many staples that are produced here, it is in the supermarket right next to much of the stuff trucked in. For decent prices usually. And if I want a wider variety of locally produced stuff, the farmer's market here is big and about 5 minutes from my house. Heck, we have people growing hops here. One of our local bars serves 6 different varieties of beer who's ingredients cannot come from more than 50 miles away. I recommend the Emerald City Stout. And our next door neighbor state Missouri... has some truly amazing vineyards.

 

[Jute88]

I mostly try to buy as much Finnish products as possible. You know, to support the industry. But this is ofcourse next to impossible when you want stuff like fruit all year round. Couple of years ago I didn't care that much but now I've started to pay a bit more attention to it.