farm to table pittsburgh - eat local food
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Learn how eating local food can benefit your health, the environment and your local economy and community.TRANSCRIPT
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Part of Pathways to SmartCare Wellness Program
Corporate wellness programs, health events, annual conference
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Local vs. Organic
Local vs. Industrial Farming
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Meldick Farm
Near Warren, PA
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Crowded
conditions lead to
poor nutrition &
increase use of
hormones and
antibiotics
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Get back to the basics
Convenience food has become the food of choice.
We have been taught by marketers that cooking is drudgery
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Corn
Vegetable Oil
Maltodextrin (corn)
Cheddar Cheese
Salt
Whey
Monosodium Glutamate
Corn Flour
Disodium Inosinate
Disodium Guanylate
“Natural Flavors”
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Only eat what has a mother and father!
Fake foods initiate an immune response
Set a goal for 1 week of only eating local or natural foods and see how you feel
Drink lots of water to flush toxins
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The amount of energy
used to get food from the
Farm to Your Table
It is estimated that the average American meal travels about 1500 miles to get from farm to plate.
It can take up to 2 weeks for produce imported outside of the U.S. to reach your grocery store. By that time, vitamins, minerals & antioxidants have been shown to decrease during storage, shipping and grocery store display periods.
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Smaller scale farming lends itself to less intrusive methods.
Preserving Farm land
Promoting bio-diversity
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$1 spent at corporate chain $1 spent at local business
15% reinvested locally 45% reinvested locally
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Growing direct to consumer sales reflect a growing trend and body of knowledge about local food: up 49% from 2002-2007
The number of farmers’ markets rose to 5,274 in 2009, up from 2,756 in 1998 and 1,755 in 1994, according to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
Consumers who value high-quality foods produced with low environmental impact are willing to pay more for locally produced food.
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Empirical research has found that expanding local food systems in a community can increase employment and income in that community.
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Distribution
Marketing
Consulting
Machinery
Supplies
Consumers
Processors
Investors
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Creating a strong local food system can support the community during natural or man-made disasters
Build a strong system now while we have the ability
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The number of farm to school programs, which use local farms as food suppliers for school meals programs, increased to 2,095 in 2009, up from 400 in 2004 and 2 in the 1996-97 school year, according to the National Farm to School Network.
Community Food Security
WIC Program – Farmers Market Vouchers
Senior Farmers Market Vouchers
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Become a part of the solution
Capitalize on the opportunities within the local food system
Invest in the opportunity
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Share the costs of a CSA with employees
Get rid of your vending machine
Provide fruit baskets in break rooms
Support a Community Garden
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Get local food in our schools
Help Restaurants access local food
Vacant Lots for Urban Gardening
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Ask your favorite grocery store to carry local foods
Visit the Farmers Market this summer
Grow your own vegetable and herb garden
Share with your friends and neighbors
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Change
your
priorities
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FarmToTablePA.com
SustainableTable.com
LocalHarvest.org
PASAFarming.org
WarrenAg.org (Warren County, PA)
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