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DID YOU KNOW?

Did You Know...? The average American eats 72 frozen meals a year?
Did You Know...? Within a week of harvest, natural sugars in fruits and vegetables turn to starches and produce loses its vitality - it takes 7-14 days for many items to get to our supermarkets?
Did You Know...? Most of the average grocery bill pays for food packaging than to the farmers who produce the food?
Did You Know...? Organic farming uses less water and emits about 60% less carbon into the atmosphere?
Did You Know...? Of the 7,100 fruit varieties known to be in existence in 1800, only 1,000 varieties exist today?
Did You Know...? Tomato skins of past were never thick - they have been bred to make the 2,000-mile commute to your table?
Did You Know...? Shipping 1 pound of apples from a farm in Iowa to a market in Washington requires 30% more fuel and releases 30% more greenhouse gases than shipping those apples to a local market in Iowa?
Did You Know...? Although bread is biodegradable, it takes years to decompose in a landfill, where light, water and bacteria are scarce?
Did You Know...? Organic milk has more vitamins A and E than non-organic?
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	Read more about Eating Local Food & Wine (February, 2007): How to Eat Like a Locavore Michael Pollan (2006): The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Barbara Kingsolver (2007): Animal, Vegatable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Paul Newman’s Next Act