(" Graph." Carving Tree. N. p., n. d. Web. 22 May 2013.) According to this chart I found, it supports my theory that if you buy local food it could help the economy.
One question many people ask is“ does it benefit us / the consumers?” Well, I can answer that, yes it does. You see, when you buy from the local farms, you are buying for your economy, only $ 27 leave the community when you buy from local farms, but when you buy from a nonlocal business $ 57 leave the community! That’ s 30 more dollars that isn ' t helping your economy. Another reason it helps consumers is it is healthier to buy local. When local farms sell their crop they don ' t put anything on them to keep them alive, they just pick it out of the ground and give it to you, but supermarkets put chemicals on their foods to