A family friend and farmer taught me fi rsthand about the eff ects of buying local.
Buying local could help reverse the trend towards industrial-scale farming, of which the changes in Wisconsin over Mr. Lermio's lifetime are just one example.
Buying local benefi ts small farmers by not forcing them to compete with larger farms across the country.
Buying local, as was common in the fi rst half of the twentieth century, encourages small poly culture farms that sell a variety of products locally.
For environmental purposes, the small polyculture farms that buying local encourages have many advantages over industrial-scale monoculture farms because they are more sustainable.
Small farmers tend to value local natural resources more than industrial-scale farmers do and are therefore more conscientious in their farming methods. …show more content…
Not only are small farms a more sustainable, eco-friendly model than big commercial farms, but buying local has other advantages as well.
Buying local should instead focus on buying as much as possible from nearby farmers.
Small farms are less effi cient than large farms in the total output of one crop per acre, but they are more effi cient in total output of all crops per acre.
When buying locally, the consumer should try to buy from these more effi cient polyculture
Buying local could help reverse the trend towards industrial-scale farming, of which the changes in Wisconsin over Mr. Lermio's lifetime are just one example.
Buying local benefi ts small farmers by not forcing them to compete with larger farms across the country.
Buying local, as was common in the fi rst half of the twentieth century, encourages small poly culture farms that sell a variety of products locally.
For environmental purposes, the small polyculture farms that buying local encourages have many advantages over industrial-scale monoculture farms because they are more sustainable.
Small farmers tend to value local natural resources more than industrial-scale farmers do and are therefore more conscientious in their farming methods. …show more content…
Not only are small farms a more sustainable, eco-friendly model than big commercial farms, but buying local has other advantages as well.
Buying local should instead focus on buying as much as possible from nearby farmers.
Small farms are less effi cient than large farms in the total output of one crop per acre, but they are more effi cient in total output of all crops per acre.
When buying locally, the consumer should try to buy from these more effi cient polyculture