Angie on eating local

Shopping locally for your food might be the most important decision you make each day. I am not referring to where you buy your food, rather where your food comes from.

There’s a unique feeling that comes from looking a farmer in the eye at farmers’ market or shaking hands with your butcher - your decision to buy local food supports local families and our local economy. When local farmers get paid well for their products by marketing locally, they are able to earn a real living wage and keep farming. By supporting local farmers today, we can ensure that there will be farms in our community tomorrow, that we will always have a choice in the food decisions we make.

Not only does buying local give you fresh, quality and delicious food — you are supporting a sustainable future for B.C.