When you go down to your local supermarket to do grocery shopping or pick up something up for dinner, have you considered where that food has come from?
Something you may not have considered when you’re down the shops is how many kilometres the food we eat has travelled to end up in your local supermarket. Part of the CO2 footprint that we all contribute to is from the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced in transporting food from farmer to supermarket. So when you buy oranges from California, the GHG emissions produced from transporting those oranges from a US farmer to your local supermarket are enormous. Even the GHG emissions produced from transporting food around Australia are enormous and contribute to our CO2 footprint.
One way of diminishing your contribution to the GHG emissions from food transport is to visit your nearest farmers’ market.
Farmers’ markets gives a place for local growers to sell their fruit and vegetables, and in many cases these markets include other wares to buy. The best thing is that farmers’ markets sell food that has been produced locally, probably within mere kilometres of your front door.
Fortunately, through the work of the Greens councillor, Miles Dymott, there is a farmers’ market held in Sunshine every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Get more information from the Brimbank City Council
