I’ve been reading a book (well, more accurately, listening to a book) that talks about the importance of eating locally grown food in order to restore and maintain a healthy planet. It’s less about the carbon footprint and more about how growing a diversity of plants regenerates the soil naturally instead of single species crops (corn, wheat, soybeans) grown over large areas that strips nutrients from the ground and requires artificial soil amendments to support plant growth year after year. Continue reading being local