There are a lot of reasons to love our local food system, and in the face of climate change, distance has become an even more essential consideration for our food choices – including and especially for food that is thrown away. The production, transportation, and handling of food generates significant Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, which increases with the distance food must travel. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that in 2019, about 40 million tons of wasted food from ...
