Nicoya Farm

04/02/2024

06/08/2023

So is eating local worth it?
Does the research mean there are no benefits to eating locally? “It depends,” both Enthoven and Mike Hamm, a professor emeritus and founding director of the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, said separately. Eating locally can be a means of supporting farms that use more environmentally friendly production practices, such as minimizing their use of fossil fuel-rich pesticides and fertilizers.

“I’ve often said the whole idea of local foods wasn’t about just reducing food miles,” said John Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri. It’s also a solution for people “looking for an alternative to the industrial food system”.

Think that eating local will help save the planet? Think again. Most emissions come from food production, not transportation

06/08/2023

Through their deep roots in East Gainesville, Swarthy East Gainesville is helping to connect neighbors with fresh produce this summer from nearby farms. We’re so happy to be a part of this mini summer CSA and hope to see it grow in the years and seasons to come!

08/28/2021

A movement of entrepreneurs in US cities is bringing healthy food to neighborhoods hurt when policies create food deserts