Why? Certain plants grow better in different places. It makes no sense to grow a plant locally if it would grow better elsewhere. It usually costs extra energy to do so as well.
If you are not sure which one is better for the environment check the price - the cheaper one is better (pesticides not included).
That's why I do my best to buy produce suited to my locale. Cheap energy has spoiled us--we can eat blueberries in the dead of winter. I'm not sure that's a Good Thing.
If you are not sure which one is better for the environment check the price - the cheaper one is better (pesticides not included).
I'm no sure what you mean? Cheap food is better for the environment? Feedlots, which generate much of the meat you find your supermarket, literally put out tons of pollution.
You are right about pollution - price doesn't tell you anything about that.
Price mainly tells you about energy usage (carbon emissions). And resource usage (like mining).
But you were talking about local, not about feedlots. And the reason people buy local is energy. And for that, price is an excellent way of detecting which product used less energy in it's making.
So if frozen blueberries from Brazil cost less than the blueberries from the farm up the road, then, despite not being local, they used less energy in the growing.
Personally I think that pollution is important, not just CO2, so I buy organic when I can, and I don't care in the slightest about local.
These are good points, and I don't disagree. My localism is driven by more than simply C02 math, however--it's about community and supporting people I can know.
Why? Certain plants grow better in different places. It makes no sense to grow a plant locally if it would grow better elsewhere. It usually costs extra energy to do so as well.
If you are not sure which one is better for the environment check the price - the cheaper one is better (pesticides not included).