GIVES ADVICE ON HOW TO

SHOP FOOD ETHICALLY AND

REDUCE OUR ECOLOGICAL
FOOTPRINT

GIVES ADVICE ON HOW TO SHOP FOOD

ETHICALLY AND REDUCE OUR
ECOLOGICAL IDEAS
1. Eat local and in season
2. Cut down on food waste to reduce your
environmental footprint
3 Choose organic food when you can
5. Lighten your energy load at the table

LOCAL VS GLOBAL FOOD

The difference between global and local food
is that it takes a lot of effort, energy and cost
to import large quantities of any product.
Global food is that you minimize the amount
of transportation and the distance a product
has to travel to reach the customer

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VS BIG

FOOD PRODUCERS
The difference between global and local food is
that it takes a lot of effort, energy and cost to
import large quantities of any product. Global food
is that you minimize the amount of transportation
and the distance a product has to travel to reach
the customer

MARKET AND SUPERMARKET

is that supermarket is a large self-service
store that sells groceries and, usually,
medications, household goods and/or
clothing while market is city square or
other fairly spacious site where traders set
up stalls and buyers browse the
merchandise.

FUENTES
 GIVES ADVICE ON HOW TO SHOP
FOOD ETHICALLY AND REDUCE
OUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTS

Local food is defined as the direct or intermediated
marketing of food to consumers that is produced
and distributed in a limited geographic area. There
is no pre-determined distance to define what
consumers consider “local,” but a set number of
miles from a center point or state/local boundaries
is often used.

LOCAL MARKETS
Local market constitutes of the customers
who will buy the products/services in the
vicinity of where they are produced. ... Local
market is the most important market for fresh
products as well as perishable products.

COST
Costs are the necessary expenditures that must be
made in order to run a business. Every factor of
production has an associated cost. The cost of
labor, for example, used in the production of goods
and services is measured in terms of wages and
benefits.