Visit a Local Farmers Market

Green Trash Can visits a Farmers Market at Talbot, Victoria, Australia held 3^rd Sunday of every month.

On market day over 100 stallholders set up in Talbot’s historic precinct, along Scandinavian Crescent and surrounding streets. For sale is farm fresh organic fruit and vegetables, honey, wine, pasta, puddings, olives, organic meat, continental cakes, local flaxseed oil, home made cheeses, live produce and more.

Buying local food not only helps local farmers thrive, it reduces energy consumption. Estimates on how long the average food travels from pasture to plate range from 1200 to 2500 miles. A lot of energy is expended freezing, refrigerating, and trucking that food around. Eating locally grown food means less fossil fuel burned in preparation and transport.

Local food is often safer, too. Even when it’s not organic, small farms tend to be less aggressive than large factory farms about dousing their wares with chemicals. And while fruits and vegetables from overseas may seem more exotic, they may also have been produced in countries with weaker environmental standards.

Finally, small family farms are more likely to grow more interesting varieties (think lettuce that isn’t iceberg and apples that aren’t red delicious), making food more flavorful, protecting biodiversity and preserving a wider agricultural gene pool, an important factor in long-term food security.

Local food is often fresher and tastier. Support your community and choose local growers over big agriculture.

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