Buying locally decreases the distance food must travel. In doing so, it reduces carbon dioxide emissions from trucking and requires less packaging materials.

Local Food Guide

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Are you ready to start your campaign? If so, purchasing the Toolbox is easy.

If you'd like to start your own "Buy Fresh, Buy Local" campaign, just click the "apply" button below to get started and download an application.

It was several members of the FoodRoutes Buy Local Initiative who, along with us, came up with the idea for the "Buy Fresh, Buy Local" campaign and the Toolbox.

To read more about our Buy Local Initiative and our partners, click here.