Why eat local?
- It’s delicious.
- Local food builds community and local economies.
- You know where your food comes from.
- Local food supports farm and ranch families.
- Local food preserves genetic diversity.
- Local food is better for you.
- Local food protects our regional food security.
- Locally grown food tastes better and is often fresher.
- Local food preserves open space.
- Local food supports a clean environment and benefits wildlife.
- Local food is the direction of the future.

