Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy: Part 3
In this final installment, Ken Meter expresses optimism for the future of local food economies, but also a healthy respect for the challenges that lie ahead. As Meter points out, 10% of Americans are food insecure, and an additional 20% may be close to facing that kind of situation. The U.S. annually exports billions of dollars of food to the world, but overall we are a net importer of food. By building and strengthening local food economies, it will also help reduce our nation’s food insecurity, providing an increased supply of fresh, wholesome food for local consumption.
How does this local food economy begin? For Ken Meter, It begins with us, as consumers, asking ourselves if we want to eat healthier foods and remain as healthy as we can. For those who do, the next step is to find out more about where our food comes from, and seek out local sources where we understand how the food is grown and produced. Becoming more connected to our food supply is an active process that will help us to become not only healthier eaters, it will also help us to eat foods that are more pleasurable to eat.
See related videos: Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy: Part 1; Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy—Part-2
