There are lots of benefits to going local, one is you have to buy less gas to get the food. Why you may ask, because you have to only drive a few miles to get to the food so you save gas. Another reason is to help the economy.” Because so much food is transported from up to 1,500 miles away, and much of it is imported from outside the country, local economies don’ t always benefit from the sale of farmed food.”( Purves, Brendan. " Farm to Table and the Local Food Movement.") This states that buying food from thousands of miles away isn ' t going to help the local economy, but local food probably can.